(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump said he had a “good meeting” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders where they discussed security guarantees for Ukraine to be provided by European countries with U.S. coordination.
Trump said he called Russian President Vladimir Putin afterward to begin arranging a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy, followed by a trilateral meeting with all three leaders. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff are coordinating with Russia and Ukraine.
In a Truth Social post, Trump described the talks as “a very good, early step” toward peace in the nearly four-year war.
The meeting was fresh off Trump’s Friday summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin that failed to secure a ceasefire.
All the leaders involved took an optimistic tone when speaking about the meeting, emphasizing a mutual desire for peace and a need for security in the region.
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