Vance says Putin–Zelenskyy meeting inevitable but not before Trump-Putin summit
US vice president argues Russia-Ukraine deal not going to make anybody super happy
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – The United States is working to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Alaska this week, a significant positive breakthrough in more than two years of war.
US President Donald Trump is set to mediate, potentially paving the way for the first direct talks between the two wartime leaders.
Vice President JD Vance said that Putin has dropped his long-standing refusal to sit down with Zelenskyy, clearing one of the “most important logjams” to ending the war.
“We’re trying to figure out scheduling and when these three leaders could sit down and discuss an end to this conflict,” Vance told Fox News.
The trilateral meeting would coincide with Trump’s planned talks with Putin in Alaska on Friday.
While Kyiv’s absence from early summit plans had alarmed European allies—fearing a deal that might force Ukraine to give up territory – U.S. officials now say Zelenskyy could join the table.
Vance stressed that any settlement would demand compromises from both sides. “It’s not going to make anybody super happy,” he said, “but it has to be something the Ukrainians and Russians can live with—where they can live in relative peace, where the killing stops.”
The war, now in its third year, has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Meanwhile, US Vice President JD Vance said that any negotiated deal between Russia and Ukraine would not “make anybody super happy,” as the Trump administration works to arrange a trilateral meeting between the leaders.
“Both the Russians and the Ukrainians, probably, at the end of the day, are going to be unhappy with it,” Vance told Fox News.
He said the Trump administration is seeking “some negotiated settlement that the Ukrainians and the Russians can live with, where they can live in relative peace, where the killing stops.”
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