Trump Calls Zelenskiy and NATO Leaders After Alaska Summit with Putin

 

Donald Trump followed his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska by holding a series of calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and senior NATO and European leaders. According to the White House, the U.S. president spoke at length with Zelenskiy and then connected with multiple Western leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, and leaders from Germany, Britain, Poland, Finland, and Italy. The conversations reportedly lasted more than an hour and a half, during which Trump briefed his counterparts on the content and tone of his discussions with Putin. Ursula von der Leyen’s office confirmed her participation, while a NATO spokesperson also verified the alliance’s involvement. Axios reported that the calls were part of a broader effort to update allies directly, as Trump faced pressure to keep NATO partners informed after high-profile bilateral talks with Moscow. Zelenskiy, in his own statement, said he appreciated the contact and announced plans to travel to Washington on Monday for further discussions. The outreach underscored the high stakes of the Alaska meeting and the need to reassure Ukraine and NATO allies that U.S. support remains firm despite Trump’s open desire to end the war quickly.

The Alaska summit between Trump and Putin, held on Friday, was one of the most anticipated diplomatic encounters of the year. The two leaders met for nearly three hours in Anchorage, but the meeting produced no agreement on a ceasefire or a pathway to ending the war in Ukraine. Both described the discussions as “productive” and hinted at progress on unspecified issues, but neither offered details. No questions were taken from reporters, adding to the uncertainty about what had actually been achieved. The optics of the summit were significant, with Putin receiving a red-carpet welcome in the United States for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Trump has repeatedly promised to bring the conflict to a swift end, both during his campaign and since entering office, but the Alaska talks showed the difficulty of translating that pledge into concrete results. For Moscow, the mere fact of holding the summit with such pageantry was seen as a win. For Washington, the focus shifted quickly to reassurance calls with Zelenskiy and NATO allies. With Zelenskiy set to travel to Washington on Monday, attention now turns to whether those meetings will produce more tangible commitments than the high-profile, but vague, Alaska encounter.

See also: Russian Officials Claim Alaska Summit as Moscow’s Win