Zelenskyy Ahead Of Meeting Trump: Ukraine Needs Real Negotiations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz/PHOTO via X @ZelenskyyUa

JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that his country's war against Russia today should be the basis for peace negotiations.

"We need real negotiations, which means we can start from the point where the front line is now," Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy spoke ahead of a virtual meeting with European leaders and before he traveled to Washington to meet with Donald Trump following the meeting of the US leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Zelenskyy reiterated that a ceasefire would need to be held so that the final deal could be negotiated.

"It is important for Washington to be with us," said the Ukrainian president.

Zelenskyy will be accompanied by several European allies for negotiations on Monday, August 18 with Trump.

He said Ukraine was not aware of all the demands Putin made at the meeting with Trump.

But according to him it will take a long time to talk about it and this is impossible to do under "armed pressure".