The meeting, scheduled for Monday, follows closely after the Alaska summit.
According to anonymous European officials cited by the New York Times, U.S. President Donald Trump has extended invitations to European leaders to join Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for a White House meeting on Monday.
Trump held talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, marking the initial direct engagement between Russian and American leaders since the Ukraine conflict intensified in February 2022. The U.S. president characterized the meeting as “warm,” while Putin described it as “frank” and “substantive.”
Both leaders voiced cautious optimism that the summit might facilitate a resolution to the Ukraine conflict.
The NYT reported on Saturday, citing its sources, that Trump would host Zelensky, and that “European leaders are invited to come along” also.
Previously on Saturday, the Ukrainian head of state announced via an X post that he intended to travel to the U.S. capital on Monday. Trump subsequently affirmed the visit.
According to the newspaper, Trump intends to propose a plan that would necessitate Kyiv surrendering areas of the newly recognized Russian territories in Donbass currently under Ukrainian control.
In exchange, the publication asserted, the Kremlin would consent to halt hostilities along the existing front line in other regions.
Zelensky has consistently rejected any territorial cessions to Moscow.
Following the Alaska summit, a joint statement was issued by the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Poland, and the EU, indicating their willingness to “work with President Trump and President Zelenskyy towards a trilateral summit with European support.”
Earlier, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov observed that Russia and the U.S. have not yet discussed a possible meeting involving Putin, Trump, and Zelensky.
During an interview with Fox Business on Thursday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed that Kyiv’s European supporters should “put up or shut up” and cease making demands on Washington as it attempts to negotiate a resolution to the Ukraine conflict with Moscow.