Trump, European leaders fight for key peace steps at Ukraine summit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Donald Trump On Monday, it was pointed out that peace negotiations would not be continued without a ceasefire.

This is Trump’s meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin It will be held in Alaska on Friday and will meet with Zelenskyy on Monday.

Merz, who has been in office since May No ceasefire required Achieve permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Myers thanks the president for White Housecalling it “very helpful”.

But, he said: “The next step is a more complicated step.”

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“Now this road is open. You opened the road last Friday, but the road is complicated to negotiate, and to be honest, we all want to see a ceasefire in the latest news at the next meeting,” he said.

“I can’t imagine the next meeting will be held without a ceasefire,” he continued. “So, let’s work.”

He urged leaders to put pressure Russia To agree to the ceasefire said: “Let’s try to put pressure on Russia because of the credibility of this effort, and the efforts we’re doing today are at least a ceasefire that begins with serious negotiations starting from the next step.

In response, Trump said he was determined to “sign a peace agreement directly” without a ceasefire, saying: “Okay, we’re going to get the president [Zelenskyy] Talk to the President [Putin]we will see how it works. ”

“Our position is clear: ‘Zelenskyy and Eu fired the cedes Ukrainian land to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed by President Donald Trump after arriving on the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on August 18, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump noted that he has recently achieved success in peaceful transactions between other countries between no ceasefire.

“I would say, I say that, in the six wars I resolved, I didn’t have a ceasefire,” he said. “We were just in negotiations, … As you know, one of the wars was 30 years old and 31 years. The other we settled in last week were two big powers, it was 35 years, and it was going on for 35 years, and we didn’t have a ceasefire.”

He added: “So if we can do a ceasefire, it’s great. And if we don’t do a ceasefire, because the other points given to us get a lot of points, it’s a lot of points. Great views.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin after arriving at Elmendorf-Richardson, a joint base in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

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Trump has previously said that if his meeting with Zelenskyy performs well, they will work to arrange a trilateral meeting with Putin, presumably to obtain a peace agreement and sign a peace agreement.

Rachel Wolf of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.