Zelenskyy, European leaders head to US for talks on peace deal terms

18-Aug-2025

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US President Donald Trump said reclaiming Crimea or entering NATO were off the table for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington for talks on August 18 aimed at ending the war with Russia.

The meeting comes on the heels of a summit between Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, which failed to yield a ceasefire breakthrough but produced promises from both leaders to provide "robust security guarantees" to Ukraine.

Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said Moscow had made "some concessions" regarding five Ukrainian regions that Russia fully or partially controls, and said that "there is an important discussion with regard to Donetsk and what would happen there.