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President Donald Trump kicked off the week meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House — just days after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska — and said he has roughly two weeks to determine how the U.S. will proceed in the ongoing negotiations.
A primary focus of the meetings was discussing various security measures to prevent Russian aggression against Ukraine again, after the Trump administration reported that Putin was on board with permitting the U.S. and its European allies to provide additional protection for Ukraine, akin to protections included in NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause.
RUSSIANS MADE CONCESSIONS ‘ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,’ TRUMP ENVOY SAYS OF PUTIN SUMMIT
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, Aug. 18, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
However, Trump said Tuesday that sending U.S. troops to Ukraine to bolster security in the region was off the table.
Meanwhile, Trump told reporters Friday that he’ll have a better sense of whether a deal that ends the conflict is feasible and what kind of actions the U.S. should take moving forward on negotiations in the coming weeks.
“We’ll see what happens. I think over the next two weeks, we’re going to find out which way it’s going to go,” Trump told reporters Friday.
“It’s going to be a very important decision,” Trump said. “And that’s whether or not it’s massive sanctions or massive tariffs, or both. Or do we do nothing and say, ‘It’s your fight?’”
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