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Trump-Putin summit: Zelenskyy to travel to DC on Monday to meet with President Trump

PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, August 12, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London, August 14, 2025 and President Donald Trump in Washington, August 14, 2025.
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Key moments from Trump-Putin meeting
By Alexandra Hutzler, Meredith Deliso, Jon Haworth, William Mansell
Last Updated: August 17, 2025, 7:09 PM

Following what was described as a “lengthy” phone call with President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. A White House official said Trump has invited European leaders to join the meeting on Monday afternoon.

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday and while Putin mentioned an "agreement" in the post-meeting news conference and Trump said "great progress" was made, there was no mention of a ceasefire.

Key Headlines

  • Rubio says both sides must make concessions for peace in Ukraine
  • Trump says ‘BIG PROGRESS' being made on Russia
  • Trump invites European leaders to White House meeting with Zelenskyy
Here's how the news is developing.

Aug 17, 2025 7:09 PM

Rubio says both sides must make concessions for peace in Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must make concessions to achieve a peace deal.

"You can't have a peace agreement unless both sides give and get. You can't have a peace agreement unless both sides make concessions," Rubio told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "If not, it's just called surrender, and neither side is going to surrender, so both sides are going to have to make concessions."

PHOTO: Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears on ABC News' "This Week" on Aug. 17, 2025.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears on ABC News' "This Week" on Aug. 17, 2025.
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Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said that despite Trump’s demands for a ceasefire going into the meeting, substantial progress made during the talks eliminated a ceasefire as a preliminary step.

“We made so much progress at this meeting with regard to all the other ingredients necessary for a peace deal that we -- that President Trump pivoted to that place,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh


Aug 17, 2025 1:40 PM

Trump says ‘BIG PROGRESS' being made on Russia

Trump was active on social media on Sunday morning, suggesting that there is "big progress" being made regarding Russia without providing details.

His post follows his summit in Alaska on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and precedes his upcoming meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Monday.

"BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA. STAY TUNED!" Trump wrote on social media.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave the stage folowing a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska,  August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave the stage folowing a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

He also expressed disagreement with the media's portrayal of potential land swaps. Trump claimed that the media would continue to criticize him, even if he achieved a diplomatic victory.

"If I got Russia to give up Moscow as part of the Deal, the Fake News, and their PARTNER, the Radical Left Democrats, would say I made a terrible mistake and a very bad deal. That’s why they are the FAKE NEWS! Also, they should talk about the 6 WARS, etc., I JUST STOPPED!!!" he wrote.

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh


Aug 17, 2025 12:50 AM

Trump invites European leaders to White House meeting with Zelenskyy

President Donald Trump invited European leaders to join his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday afternoon at the White House, a White House official said.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters


The meeting comes after Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie



Aug 16, 2025 6:27 PM

Putin tells Kremlin officials Alaska visit was 'useful' and 'timely'

After meeting with President Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kremlin officials the summit was "timely and very useful," saying the two talked about "all aspects of our cooperation" along with a "possible resolution of the Ukrainian crisis on a fair basis."

PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
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Regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, Putin said he and Trump talked about the "genesis and the causes of this crisis," saying "it is the elimination of these root causes that should be the basis for a settlement."

"The conversation was very frank and informative, and I believe that it brings us closer to the necessary solutions," Putin said.

Putin added that he respects "the position of the American administration, which sees the need to end the hostilities as soon as possible."

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian


Aug 15, 2025 11:44 PM

Both leaders allude to progress, but no specifics

Much remains unclear at this stage following the nearly three-hour meeting.

Putin said he and his counterpart had reached an "agreement," though did not provide any further details on what was agreed to.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Trump did not mention any agreement. He said there was "great progress" on several points but did not provide any further details. He also did not go into detail on what areas they still need to iron out.

He stopped short of announcing a ceasefire, which was a priority of Trump's for Friday's summit.


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