Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: AP
Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin stated they’d meet within the Hungarian capital, probably in a matter of weeks, because the U.S. chief continues to attempt to dealer a peace deal to finish the three-and-a-half-year warfare, triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion.
“If I’m invited to Budapest — whether it is an invite in a format the place we meet as three or, because it’s known as, shuttle diplomacy, President Trump meets with Putin and President Trump meets with me — then in a single format or one other, we’ll agree,” Mr. Zelenskyy instructed reporters in remarks launched on Monday (October 20, 2025).
The Ukrainian president criticised the selection of Hungary, which has a terse relationship with Kyiv and is seen as probably the most Kremlin-sympathetic member of the European Union.
“I don’t consider {that a} prime minister who blocks Ukraine in all places can do something optimistic for Ukrainians and even present a balanced contribution,” Mr. Zelenskyy stated, referring to Hungarian chief Viktor Orban.
Kyiv has stated it is able to be part of a three-way assembly between Zelenskyy, Putin and Trump in a lot of impartial nations, together with Turkey, Switzerland and the Vatican.
in 1994, Moscow signed a memorandum in Budapest aimed toward guaranteeing safety for Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan in change for them giving up quite a few nuclear weapons left from the Soviet period.
“Another ‘Budapest’ state of affairs wouldn’t be optimistic both,” Mr. Zelenskyy stated.
Mr. Trump has been aiming for a speedy finish to the years-long battle in Ukraine since he returned to White House earlier this yr, pushing for a sequence of direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian officers and internet hosting Putin for a summit in Alaska — diplomatic efforts which have in the end not result in any breakthrough.
Published – October 20, 2025 05:30 pm IST
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