Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France to discuss Russia’s invasion and efforts to end the war.
The announcement came after the two leaders held a phone call on Sunday, Trump’s 80th birthday, shortly before the Kremlin said Vladimir Putin also spoke with the US president.
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Zelensky said he briefed Trump on the battlefield situation and Ukraine’s strengthened position, adding they agreed to continue talks at the G7.
“We have some good ideas that could help advance peace and protect lives,” he said.
Trump is expected to attend a G7 working session with Zelensky on Tuesday. The meeting comes as US-led peace efforts remain stalled, with attention diverted by the Iran conflict and shifting dynamics on the front line in Ukraine.
Shortly after Zelensky’s announcement, the Kremlin confirmed a “friendly and frank” call between Putin and Trump, focused largely on US-Iran negotiations, while also touching on Ukraine.
Putin reportedly told Trump that Kyiv’s strikes on Russian territory would not change the battlefield situation.
Trump has repeatedly called for an end to the war, which he once claimed he could resolve within a day, while also pressing Ukraine to consider compromises with Moscow following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
As part of a potential peace agreement, Kyiv has repeatedly proposed freezing the conflict along current front lines.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has instead insisted that any settlement would require Ukraine to surrender the entire Donetsk region, including areas Russian forces have failed to seize despite more than a decade of fighting.
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