Zelenskyy tells Putin to 'be brave' and finally agree to trilateral meeting with Trump
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday confirmed he discussed a trilateral meeting to include Russian President Vladimir Putin, potentially as soon as next week, in a call with President Donald Trump one day prior. 

Zelenskyy – who echoed comments issued by Trump on Wednesday and said the discussion was also held with European leaders – called on Putin to “be brave” and take the meeting.

“Yesterday, various potential formats for leader-level meetings to bring peace were also discussed – two bilateral and one trilateral,” he said in a post on X. “Ukraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same brave approach from the Russian side. It is time we ended the war.”

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands

President Donald Trump, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet during the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images/ZELENSKIY / OFFICIAL / TELEGRAM ACCOUNT)

“As for the option of a trilateral meeting, which for some reason was discussed yesterday in Washington, this option was simply mentioned by the American representative during the meeting in the Kremlin. But this option was not specifically discussed,” Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said. “The Russian side left this option completely, without comment.

“We propose first of all to focus on preparing a bilateral meeting with D. Trump and we believe that the main thing is for this meeting to be successful and productive,” he added. 

Zelenskyy said he had been in discussions with both German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to ensure Europe’s interests were also at the forefront of any U.S.-Russia-Ukraine discussions. 

“We are coordinating our positions, and we equally see the need for a common European view on key security issues for Europe,” Zelenskyy said. “Much depends – both now and in the long term – on the prudence and effectiveness of each step taken by Europe and America.”

Witkoff meets with Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Aug. 6, 2025. (Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Both Germany and France have taken on leadership roles when it comes to the war in Ukraine and protecting Europe’s interests following Trump’s re-entrance into the White House earlier this year. 

The U.K. has also been at the forefront of these discussions, though Fox News Digital could not immediately confirm whether Zelenskyy had also already discussed the trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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