WASHINGTON DC – US President Donald Trump on Sunday signaled a new diplomatic push to resolve Russia’s war in Ukraine, telling reporters he will speak to Vladimir Putin “very soon” and that unnamed European leaders will visit the US to discuss a resolution.
Trump’s comments came after a particularly brutal weekend in Ukraine, where Russia launched its largest aerial assault of the war, deploying more than 800 drones and striking a government building in Kyiv.
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New diplomatic push?
“I am not happy about the whole situation,” Trump told reporters. “I am not happy with them. I’m not happy with anything having to do with that war,” the US President emphasized as he appeared determined to project a sense of urgency and control. “The Russia-Ukraine situation. We’re going to get it done,” he said.
Trump has previously expressed frustration with the lack of progress, even as his administration has threatened further sanctions.
But latest comments also follow a series of earlier meetings and discussions, including a mid-August gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders at the White House and a call on Thursday with the European “Coalition of the Willing” led by French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
European leaders to visit
Trump said that individual European leaders would visit the White House on Monday and Tuesday to discuss ways to resolve the war.
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The White House has not yet released a schedule of who will visit, but Trump insisted that they would be meeting with him on an individual basis, rather than as a group.
This follows a pattern of bilateral meetings rather than large, multilateral summits, which has been a hallmark of his administration’s diplomatic style. The talks are expected to focus on the recent military escalations and the effectiveness of current sanctions.
Trump also spoke about first lady Melania Trump’s recent letter to Putin, saying that she “felt very strongly about the [kidnapped Ukrainian] children.”
The letter, which was hand-delivered to Putin by Trump during their summit in Alaska in mid-August, was a highly personal and public gesture focusing on the plight of children affected by the conflict.
Speaking to Kyiv Post Sunday evening, one Trump administration official said that Trump’s comments “set the stage” for a week of high-stakes diplomacy, with the prospect of a new round of talks “with allies” over Ukraine.
The outcome of these discussions could have significant implications for the ongoing war in Ukraine, “as well as for America’s relationship with this war,” the official said.
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