Trump says 'very big' Ukraine war agreement is close, might involve 'all of Europe'

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a big agreement on the Russia-Ukraine war is coming and that it could involve all of Europe. Deutsche Welle and Anadolu Agency both reported his prediction. The other details in this article come from Deutsche Welle alone.

Trump said the agreement would involve more than Ukraine and might involve all of Europe, but the reports do not describe its terms or timeline. They do not say which parties are committed to it or whether any text exists.

According to Deutsche Welle, Trump spoke after an unscheduled White House meeting on Thursday with Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy. The reports do not say what the two men discussed.

Deutsche Welle also reported that US envoy Jared Kushner said the United States, NATO and European partners held discussions on the war on Thursday. It said further discussions involving Kyiv and Moscow are scheduled for next week in Abu Dhabi. The reports do not give the agenda or exact date of those talks.

Russian and Ukrainian delegations attended a White House event the same day, according to Deutsche Welle. It honored First Lady Melania Trump's work brokering a recent ceasefire in the city of Oleshky. The truce lasted six days, the outlet said. Dmitriev spoke at her invitation. Davyd Arakhamia, head of the parliamentary faction of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's party, and Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, also spoke.

Deutsche Welle noted that Trump made similar promises before returning to the White House, including saying he would end the war in one day upon becoming president.

What each side says

• Donald Trump said the war is very close to being settled. "I can't tell you what I discussed. But I'm just telling you, it's going to be an agreement, it's going to be a big agreement," Deutsche Welle quoted him as saying. He added: "It's going to involve more than Ukraine, and I could even say it might involve all of Europe." He said he did not meet the Ukrainian officials who were at the White House on Thursday.
• Jared Kushner, a US envoy, wrote on X of "productive and substantive discussions" among the United States, NATO and European partners. "Our objective is to address the security concerns of all sides through practical, mutually agreed arrangements that reduce the risk of future conflict," he wrote, according to Deutsche Welle.
• Kirill Dmitriev thanked Melania Trump for her role in securing the truce and cited her "distinguished humanitarian role". He said Putin personally gave instructions as part of the operation and sent his thanks to her.
• Davyd Arakhamia told Melania Trump she had done an "amazing job". "Definitely we would like to ask you to keep going and to find new missions and to de-escalate more as much as possible," he said, according to Deutsche Welle.

The reports do not include any response from Russia or Ukraine to Trump's comments about an agreement, or any response from European governments.

Analysis

Trump's remarks set out an expectation, but the reports reviewed by Vocemundi contain no terms that can be assessed. They do not say which parties, if any, are committed to an agreement. If next week's Abu Dhabi discussions take place, they may offer an early sign of whether positions are moving closer. A European dimension could point to a wider negotiation on security, although the reports do not explain what it would cover. Another possibility is that talks continue without a concrete result. Responses from Kyiv, Moscow and European capitals could help clarify which of these scenarios is more likely.

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