Trump says Zelenskyy can end war with Russia ‘almost immediately' or ‘continue to fight'
'President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,' Trump said on his Truth Social platform. 'No getting back Obama given Crimea...and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!'
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Arab News
33 minutes ago
- Arab News
Europeans arrive for high-stakes Trump and Zelensky talks
WASHINGTON: European leaders arrived at the White House Monday ahead of high-stakes talks with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky aimed at bridging big differences over a peace deal with leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Finland, as well as NATO chief Mark Rutte and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, are demonstrating support for Ukraine as Trump presses Kyiv to make raid sirens sounded over Kyiv on Monday, AFP journalists heard, at the same time as the Europeans were arriving. Russian strikes overnight killed at least seven his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week, Trump said Ukraine must give up Crimea and abandon its NATO ambitions — two of Moscow's top was due to arrive shortly for a one-on-one with Trump in the Oval Office, scene of an astonishing meeting in February February when the US president and his deputy JD Vance publicly berated the will later meet separately with the European 79, said it was a 'big day at the White House' but appeared to be in a combative mood, churning out a string of social media posts.'I know exactly what I'm doing,' the Republican said on his Truth Social network. 'And I don't need the advice of people who have been working on all of these conflicts for years, and were never able to do a thing to stop them.'The European leaders held a preparatory meeting with the Ukrainian president in Washington on Monday morning, while Zelensky also met Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith described the talks at the White House as 'very serious' — and sought to flatter Trump ahead of the meeting, by echoing his trademark 'peace through strength' language.'President Trump has that strength. We have to do everything right to make peace happen,' he later called on social media for a 'reliable and lasting peace for Ukraine and for the whole of Europe' and said they would discuss Western security guarantees for Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on the plane to Washington: 'We've got to make sure there is peace, that it is lasting peace, and that it is fair and that it is just.'Reports had said Putin would be open to Western security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of any peace deal — but had ruled out Kyiv's long-term ambition to join kept up its attacks on Ukraine ahead of the new talks, killing at least seven people, including two children, in dozens of drone and ballistic missile strikes overnight, Ukrainian officials Trump-Putin summit in Alaska failed to produce a ceasefire in the nearly three-and-a-half-year war that began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February Trump dropped his previous insistence on a ceasefire in favor of seeking a complete peace deal, meaning negotiations could proceed while the war goes on. He also alarmed Kyiv and European capitals by repeating a number of Russian talking said Sunday that Zelensky could end the war 'almost immediately, if he wants to' but that, for Ukraine, there was 'no getting back' Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, and 'NO GOING INTO NATO.'US media reports have said Putin would consider freezing much of the current frontline in Ukraine if Kyiv agreed to completely give up the Donbas region in eastern envoy Steve Witkoff said Moscow had made 'some concessions' on such a move is widely viewed as unacceptable for Ukraine, which still holds much of the resource-rich Sosnovsky, a photographer from the captured Ukrainian city of Mariupol, said he 'cannot understand' how Ukraine would cede land already under its control.'Ukraine cannot give up any territories, not even those occupied by Russia,' he told and European leaders have warned against making political and territorial concessions to Russia, whose assault on Ukraine has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths.
Al Arabiya
39 minutes ago
- Al Arabiya
Zelenskyy warns against ‘rewarding' Russia; Hamas agrees to new Gaza truce proposal
In this episode of W News, presented by Leigh-Ann Gerrans, we report on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warning that Russia must not be 'rewarded' for its invasion, after US President Donald Trump urged Kyiv to make concessions in exchange for peace. The talks, which European leaders will also attend, come after Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday failed to deliver a ceasefire in the nearly three-and-a-half-year war. We'll also bring you the latest from Gaza, where a Hamas source says the group has agreed to a new ceasefire proposal from mediators.
Saudi Gazette
2 hours ago
- Saudi Gazette
Hamas agrees to latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, reports claim
JERUSALEM — Hamas has agreed to the latest proposal from regional mediators for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel, BBC reported citing a source in the Palestinian armed group. According to a Palestinian official familiar with the talks, the proposal from Egypt and Qatar is a comprehensive two-stage plan based on a framework advanced by US envoy Steve Witkoff. It would see Hamas free around half of the 50 remaining Israeli hostages - 20 of whom are believed to be alive - in two stages during a 60-day temporary truce. During that time, there would be negotiations on a permanent ceasefire and an Israeli troop withdrawal. There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials. US President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on these talks, posting on social media: 'We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be.' Israel announced plans to take complete control of Gaza City after ceasefire talks appeared to break down. The move raised further international concerns amid fears of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which experts say is sliding into Sunday night, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv to demand that Israel's government agree a deal with Hamas to return the Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the demonstrators of hardening the negotiating position of Hamas. — Agencies
