The US President, Donald Trump, will meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the White House on August 18 local time. Although Trump has not officially invited any European country leaders, if any or several European country leaders go to Washington with Zelenskyy, Trump will not refuse them and will allow European country leaders to attend the meeting.
After the meeting tomorrow, Trump will decide whether to hold a trilateral meeting with Putin and Zelenskyy. However, this is just Trump's unilateral wish. Russian President Putin has clearly stated that he will not meet with Zelenskyy under the current situation. In fact, Trump is only trying to bring together a trilateral meeting for the purpose of talks, that is, "to get Russia and Ukraine to sit at the negotiation table." However, Russia has always advocated for negotiations at the level of delegations, reaching agreements and signing agreements. Only in the final stage, when signing the agreement, Putin may meet with Zelenskyy.
Previously, Western media reported that Trump would urge Zelenskyy to accept the conditions proposed by Putin to cede part of Ukraine's territory to Russia during the meeting with Zelenskyy tomorrow. The current Ukrainian government firmly opposes this plan. That is to say, Trump not only has significant differences with Putin's position, but also has great differences with Zelenskyy's position. The meeting tomorrow is likely to yield little result, and it is possible that Trump might again get angry at Zelenskyy.
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