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Trump calls Putin to set up a face-to-face meeting with Zenskyy
The Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zenskyy and US President Donald Trump (R) participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on August 18, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty images
President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy and Putin.
It comes after Zenskyy and other European leaders have spent the day in meetings with Trump in the White House, since the administration wants to terminate the war in Russia and Ukraine, which started in February 2022. European officials have insisted on the inclusion of Ukraine in peace negotiations.
