A trilateral meeting involving the presidents of Ukraine, the USA and Russia, security guarantees to Kiev and a possible exchange of territories were the topics of discussion at a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky and them with European leaders in Washington. The Ukrainian president expressed readiness for talks with Vladimir Putin, while Trump expressed confidence that a peace agreement could be reached as soon as possible.

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US President Donald Trump received Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the White House on Monday, August 18, and then the two of them met with European leaders - the heads of Britain, Germany, Italy, Finland, France, as well as the heads of NATO and the European Commission.

According to Trump, one of the topics of the talks was a possible trilateral meeting involving him, Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before the meeting with Trump, the Ukrainian president said, "We are ready for a trilateral agreement. We need to find diplomatic ways to end this war," Bloomberg reports.

Trump, in turn, promised to provide Ukraine with "very good protection and security." Security guarantees to Ukraine is an issue that requires discussion with the Europeans: Trump said that today the parties will have to consider "who will do what". According to the US President, Putin, during their meeting in Alaska on August 15, expressed readiness to accept the option of guarantees to Kiev.

The US president also said territory swaps and negotiating positions were on the agenda. Trump said he would talk to Putin after his meeting with Zelensky and European leaders was over. "He [Putin] is waiting for my call when we finish this meeting," the US president said.

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Trump's meeting with Zelensky at the White House came three days after the US president held talks with Putin in Alaska. Following the summit, Trump told journalists at a press conference that the parties had managed to reach an agreement on some points, but did not specify what they were talking about.

"I would say there are a couple of big ones that we haven't reached full agreement on yet, but we've moved forward. There's no deal, there's no deal yet," Trump added at the time.

Putin, for his part, said that Russia was interested in putting an end to the Ukrainian conflict. But the settlement should be long-term and comprehensive, he added.

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