Zelensky to meet Trump at White House following the 15th. August Summit.

Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed he will meet Donald Trump at the White House following yesterday’s Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian leader said he spoke to the US president for more than an hour-and-a-half after Trump met the Russian dictator yesterday. Zelensky also revealed he and the US leader also spoke to European leaders on the phone to discuss his crucial talk with the despot. Ukraine’s President also said he would be open to an in-person meeting with Trump and Putin, an idea the US president floated yesterday. Zelensky, in a post, said: “On Monday, I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war. I am grateful for the invitation”.

While the whole world had kept waiting for this summit keeping their finger crossed; however, the Summit has failed to deliver any positive notes. Noticeably was the abrupt change in Mr. Donald Trump’s gestures. Usually, Mr. Trump is famous for enjoying his dialogues with members of the press, whether from the Oval Office or in conferences after major meetings conducted behind closed doors. But today was notably different, with the US and Russian Presidents notably departing the stage abruptly and without taking a single question. The leaders had a taste of the kind of questions that would have been asked, with Putin quizzed as to whether he would “keep killing civilians” in Ukraine. He appeared to antagonise members of the press at several points by holding his hand to his hear and shrugging, before cracking a smile.

He may have wanted to avoid answering these lines of inquiry on stage and ruled out taking questions, but neither Kremlin nor Washington officials have said why they left before doing so.

The United Kingdom has immediately jumped into the mentoring while urging international efforts to set up a “Multinational Force Ukraine”, a military plan to bolster Ukraine’s defences once the conflict eases, in a bid to ward off future Russian aggression. “Planning has continued on an enduring basis to ensure that a force can deploy in the days following the cessation of hostilities“, an UK MoD spokesperson said.

According to the UK Government, “along with securing Ukraine’s skies and supporting safer seas, the force is expected to regenerate land forces by providing logistics, armaments, and training expertise“. It “will strengthen Ukraine’s path to peace and stability by supporting the regeneration of Ukraine’s own forces“, the spokesperson added. Early designs for the Multinational Force Ukraine were originally drafted last month, after military chiefs met in Paris to agree a strategy and co-ordinate plans with the EU, NATO, the US and more than 200 planners.

Team Maverick