{"id":160987,"date":"2025-08-17T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-and-europe-scramble-to-form-new-peace-plan-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:45:01","slug":"trump-putin-summit-ukraine-and-europe-scramble-to-form-new-peace-plan-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-and-europe-scramble-to-form-new-peace-plan-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Putin summit: Ukraine and Europe scramble to form new peace plan – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON \u2014 Ukraine and its allies were scrambling Sunday to respond to President Donald Trump’s apparent shift toward Vladimir Putin’s hardline position<\/a> after their summit in Alaska<\/a>.
European leaders announced that they would join Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday as they seek to navigate America’s new approach to ending the war.
Trump signaled Saturday that he was reversing his insistence on a ceasefire and instead pursuing a permanent peace deal \u2014 aligning the United States with the Kremlin rather than Kyiv and its European backers.
As Ukraine and Europe work out how best to move forward, a slew of leaders on the continent announced that they would be joining Zelenskyy. They will perhaps hoping to ensure there is no repeat of his last Oval Office meeting<\/a>, and to prevent Zelenskyy standing alone to face any pressure to accede to Putin\u2019s demands.
The offices of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von de Leyen, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they would travel to Washington on Monday to meet with Trump. They will be joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, according to Reuters.
“<\/strong>The trip will serve as an exchange of information” with Trump, Merz’ office said. “The talks will address, among other things, security guarantees, territorial issues, and continued support for Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression.”
The news came ahead of a meeting of the so-called \u201ccoalition of the willing,\u201d which includes more than 30 countries working together to support Ukraine. The meeting will be held virtually, but Zelenskyy traveled to Brussels to join from there.
While Trump’s reversal on pursuing a ceasefire before fuller peace talks fueled alarm on the continent, he did appear to have taken a step toward another position more aligned with the wishes of Ukraine and Europe.
Trump directly engaged with Zelenskyy and European leaders by phone early Saturday morning about the U.S. taking part in a potential NATO-like security guarantee for Ukraine as part of a deal with Russia, two senior administration officials and three sources familiar with the discussions told NBC News.
\u201cEuropean and American security guarantees were discussed,\u201d one source familiar with the discussions said. \u201cU.S. troops on the ground was not discussed or entertained by [Trump].\u201d
The security guarantees would be made in the scenario that Russia were to invade Ukraine, again, after a would-be peace deal, the sources said. The sources said that those protections, as discussed by the White House, would not include NATO membership \u2014 despite European leaders saying in a joint statement Saturday that Ukraine should be given the right to seek NATO membership.
But it was clear that the summit had left Ukraine feeling uneasy.
Zelenskyy warned that the Russian leader<\/a> was complicating efforts to end the war by refusing to halt the brutal fighting before holding further talks.
\u201cRussia rebuffs numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet determined when it will stop the killing. This complicates the situation,\u201d Zelenskyy said in a post on X late Saturday.
For civilians on the ground, still under Russian attack even as the diplomatic maneuvering played out, it was not just the substance but the optics of the Alaska talks that caused frustration.
\u201cI was hoping that the U.S. wouldn\u2019t roll out the red carpet to the enemy,\u201d Kyiv resident Natalya Lypei said Saturday. \u201cHow can you welcome a tyrant like this?\u201d
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
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