President Donald Trump “is considering” inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to join him and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week, according to a report.
Trump and Putin are ready to meet at a summit in the last border state next Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Expanding an invitation to the Ukrainian leader “is discussed” according to NBC News, referring to three people informed of internal conversations about the meeting.
A senior US official allegedly told the business that Zelensky’s participation is “absolute” possible, but nothing has been completed. “Everyone is very hopeful that would happen,” the official added.
Quizzed, if an official invitation had been expanded to Zelensky, a High -ranking White House official said to the NBC: “The president remains open to a trilateral summit with both leaders. Right now, the White House is focusing on planning the bilateral meeting requested by President Putin.”
The independent has contacted the White House for further comments.
Zelensy’s reaction to the Trump Putin summit was dismissive and warned that any negotiations to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II should include Kyiv.
“Any decisions that are without Ukraine are at the same time decisions against peace. They will not bring anything. These are dead decisions. They will never work,” Zelensky said.
Putin is expected to use the summit to explain Russia’s demand for a ceasefire agreement. In a talk with journalists in the White House on Friday, Trump admitted that any peace agreement may involve “some replacement of territories”.
“The highly expected meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, will take place next Friday 15 August 2025 in the big state of Alaska,” Trump declared Friday about truth social.
Despite facing an international arrest warrant for criminal justice, the meeting, which was calculated for August 15, would mark the first time in a decade that Putin has set foot on American soil.
The last time the two leaders met was in Helsinki, Finland, in July 2018, during Trump’s first term as president. After the meeting, Trump publicly opposed US intelligence agencies and looked to take Putin’s words over their conclusions about Russian election interference.
The comments caused Bipartisan indignation in Washington, how many accuse Trump of having “sided with the enemy.”
Negotiations on peace talks have been slowly moving and sometimes filled.
Zelensky was complied with in the Oval Office earlier this year by Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The Vice -President criticized Zelensky for not expressing gratitude enough for American financial and military support and accused him of being “disrespectful.”
Trump has also publicly accused Zelensky – rather than Putin – of having started the war.