Trump plans one-on-one talks with Zelenskyy before European leaders join — Bild

This information was published by the German tabloid Bild, citing informed sources within the German government.

“First, Trump will meet only with the Ukrainian president. Only then will he be joined by senior EU officials accompanying him. There will be a working dinner and several hours of discussion in an expanded format,” the report said.

At the same time, the outlet recalls that Zelenskyy’s previous meeting with Trump at the White House in February ended in scandal, when the U.S. president briefly suspended military support.

“This risk remains, despite the participation of Europeans,” Bild emphasizes.

Who will accompany Zelenskyy in Washington

Currently, reports say that the following leaders will accompany President Zelenskyy:

• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
• German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
• French President Emmanuel Macron
• Finnish President Alexander Stubb

On the eve of the meeting with the U.S. president, Zelenskyy and von der Leyen coordinated their positions on key issues.

Why Trump is inviting them

In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump will present to Zelenskyy the plan he received from Putin in Alaska, political analyst Volodymyr Horbach believes.

Although the summit in Anchorage officially ended without formal results, numerous leaks in Western media — citing European politicians with whom Trump discussed the plan alongside Zelenskyy — suggest that Putin’s “new” plan is largely a reiteration of previously known “special military operation’s goals,” with some variations, including:

• Negotiations proceed without a ceasefire.
• Ukraine must cede the entire Donbas in exchange for a supposed ceasefire and written guarantees from Putin that he will no longer attack Ukraine or any European country.
• Quantitative and qualitative restrictions on the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
• Ukraine must renounce European integration.
• Future security guarantees for Ukraine would come not from the EU or NATO, but from Russia’s partners, primarily China.
• Restoration of the privileged status of the Russian language and the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

All of this is proposed alongside Russia retaining control over the Ukrainian territories it currently occupies.

According to the latest reports from Fox News, Trump supports Putin’s proposal for Moscow to gain complete control over Donbas.