© Office of the President of Ukraine According to the schedule, the meeting will last no more than an hour.
As per the agenda, American leader Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will have a working dinner that is set to commence at 8:00 p.m. Kyiv time, or 1:00 p.m. local time.
Trump will receive Zelensky at the White House, where they will pose for a photo opportunity with the press, and a luncheon for the presidents is planned for 1:15 p.m. The discussions will be private, without press presence. Based on Trump’s agenda, the gathering is slated to conclude at 2:00 p.m.
According to information from Axios, Zelensky is looking to secure an accord with Trump regarding explicit US determinations concerning which armament systems they are prepared to supply, potentially including Tomahawk missiles.
The news outlet further states that Zelenskyy, after arriving in Washington on Thursday afternoon, expressed considerable optimism concerning the upcoming discussion; however, he was taken aback by Trump’s dialogue with Putin and the declaration of their future assembly in Budapest.
It’s important to highlight that following his conversation with Putin, the US president suggested he wouldn’t provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, remarking that “the US has its own requirements for them”. He also stated that the dialogue with the Russian leader was “very positive,” and Putin didn’t favor the notion of furnishing Ukraine with cruise missiles.
