On Monday, August 28th, Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders visited the White House to discuss how to quickly end the Russia-Ukraine war issue with President Trump. President Trump first held a one-on-one meeting with Zelensky, followed by a multilateral meeting with European leaders.
In the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, President Donald Trump of the United States posed for a photo with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President Alexander Stubb of Finland, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. They discussed how to end the war Russia has waged against Ukraine.
On Monday, President Trump took to his social media platform “Truth Social” to say, “A big day at the White House. We have never hosted so many European leaders here at the same time. This is a great honor for the United States!!! Let’s wait and see what the outcome will be.”
Prior to the meeting, President Trump outlined two conditions to achieve a ceasefire: Ukraine must give up Crimea and must never join NATO.
This meeting, held three and a half years after Ukraine’s resistance against Russia, comes at a time when the attitude of the Ukrainian people towards supporting the war against Russia has significantly changed.
International media commented that this gathering is unprecedented under the current circumstances. It is hard to imagine so many European leaders coming together in such a short time, flying over the Atlantic to lobby on a single issue.
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Translation from 【大紀元2025年08月19日訊】: Epoch Times News, August 19, 2025.
Please note that the names of the leaders are translated following common English transliterations.