{"id":21654,"date":"2025-08-18T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21654"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:56:18","slug":"zelensky-european-leaders-head-to-us-for-talks-on-peace-deal-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/18\/zelensky-european-leaders-head-to-us-for-talks-on-peace-deal-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky, European leaders head to US for talks on peace deal terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US President Donald Trump said reclaiming Crimea or entering Nato were off the table for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington for Monday talks aimed at ending the war with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky, who has repeatedly rejected territorial concessions, will meet Trump in Washington on Monday, accompanied by European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and other leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting comes on the heels of a summit between Trump and Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, which failed to yield a ceasefire breakthrough but produced promises from both leaders to provide &#8220;robust security guarantees&#8221; to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky was not invited to the Alaska meeting, after which Trump pivoted to the long-held Russian position that a ceasefire was not needed before a final peace deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,&#8221; Trump posted on his social media platform. &#8220;Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. 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