🔴 LIVE Updates | Trump Meets Zelensky | “Best Meeting Ever”

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is addressing reporters outside the White House following his talks with Donald Trump and European leaders. He described the meeting with Trump as the best so far, noting that it was a “warm” session without the arguments seen in previous visits. Zelensky showed Trump maps of the battlefield, explaining who controls which areas, and thanked the European leaders for being on the same page. Key topics included security guarantees for Ukraine, which Zelensky called a “starting point for ending the war.” He confirmed the US will be among the countries providing these guarantees. Zelensky also said Trump supports a...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has just left the White House in a long convoy of black security vehicles, following his meetings with Donald Trump and European leaders.

The White House press office has announced a “travel/photo lid” — meaning no further official statements are expected tonight from Washington.

But the night isn’t over: the German and Finnish embassies have confirmed media briefings for their own press, and there remains a chance we’ll hear from Zelensky himself and possibly UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, before the day concludes.

“At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting… between President Putin and President Zelenskyy,” Trump wrote, adding this would be followed by a “Trilat” including himself. He also claimed security guarantees for Ukraine were discussed, mainly from European nations with US coordination. The Kremlin also confirmed the 40-minute call but offered a more cautious version. Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov called the exchange “frank” and “fairly constructive,” saying it focused only on “the possibility of raising the level of representatives” in Russia–Ukraine talks. That’s far narrower than Trump’s headline-grabbing claim of a possible Putin–Zelensky–Trump...

The Kremlin has confirmed that President Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone for about 40 minutes in the middle of his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House. Russian media quoted a Kremlin spokesperson confirming the call took place. As we’ve been reporting, several international outlets had earlier cited unnamed sources saying the conversation happened, though it was widely expected Trump would wait until after the day’s meetings. For now, no details have emerged on what was discussed. Meanwhile, talks in Washington between Trump, Zelensky, and the European leaders are still ongoing. ...

Before the European leaders sat down with President Trump in the East Room, a hot mic picked up an exchange between Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron.

“I think he wants to make a deal. I think he wants to make a deal for me. You understand that? As crazy as that sounds,” Trump was heard telling Macron — apparently referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The White House has not responded to questions about the remark, which came shortly before the high-level talks began.