Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington next week: White House
This files combination of pictures created on February 25, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump (L) on February 24, 2025, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) on February 23, 2025. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump are to meet on December 28, 2025 in Florida to discuss efforts to end Russia's invasion, Kyiv said on December 26, 2025. "There is a plan for the meeting" to take place on December 28, an advisor to Zelensky said, after an earlier statement from the Ukrainian leader signalled the meeting.
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"President Zelensky is slated to meet with President Trump at the White House on Tuesday," the White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity on Friday.
Zelensky will meet Trump on the same day as a memorial service in Washington for US Senator Lindsey Graham, a supporter of Ukraine who died earlier this month aged 71.
Kyiv did not immediately confirm Zelensky's meeting with Trump or whether he would attend the service for Graham.
Zelensky said this week that he had spoken to Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in a bid to revive the stalled talks to end the four-year-old war.
The US-led negotiations on resolving the conflict have been stuck while Washington's attention has been diverted to the Iran war. Trump is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the same day as Zelensky.
Trump and Zelensky have meanwhile had a fraught relationship that has veered from a shouting match in the Oval Office in February 2025 to warmer ties in recent months.
The Ukrainian leader held talks with right-wing US influencer and Trump confidante Laura Loomer this week in a fresh sign of detente.
The 33-year-old arch conservative commentator, who has millions of online followers, has recently abandoned her anti-Ukraine stance.
"This is everyday for every Ukrainian, I feel like such an a**hole for minimizing the struggle of Ukrainians for the last five years," she said of the experience.
Trump reposted one of Loomer's social media posts about her Zelensky meeting on Thursday with the caption: "Very good!!!"
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