By Suleiman Umaru
More facts have emerged why the six European Leaders, EEU, and NATO, officials who had accompanied Volodymyr, Zelenskyy of Ukraine to the United States, US, to participate on the Monday, August 18, 2025, meeting with President Trump in his latest bid to end Russia-Ukraine war could not access the White House oval office meeting room.
This is because of the air-tight security as invitation to the US President’s meeting room is strictly on invitation. In spite of the fact that the six European Leaders, which include, Emmanuel Macron of France, Alexander Stubb, Finland, Frederick Merz, Chancellor of Germany, and Keir Starmer, Giogia Meloni, both Prime Misters of Britain and Italy respectively is avoid unguided influence of the European backups on Zelenskyy.
The Ukrainian President may have come to the US, fully prepared for the meeting with President Trump as the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte, the EU, Secretary General, were on the list that had accompanied to the US.
The European Leaders, the EU and NATO, officials had expected that President Trump would give them a red-carpet treatment as he did to the Russian President Valdimir Putin, when he had a meeting with him at the Elmond Richard military Base, Alaska, a former Russian territory purchased by the US, for $7.2 million, during of former President Andrew Jackson in 1867.
The European Leaders, EU, and NATO, officials have a reason to have accompanied the Ukrainian Leader, to US, for talks with Trump, who had claimed to have been involved in six wars ‘’to ensure that ‘’a viable, defensible Ukraine survives’’ after Negotiation with Putin who is not ready to shift ground.
The French President may have alluded to this when he stated that the high -level support for Zelenskyy, which had included the Leaders of Europe’s largest economies, described as ‘’the coalition of the willing’’, was aimed at showing ‘’a united front between Europe and Ukraine’’.
Many believes that Zelensky, may have played into the hands of the European, EU and NATO, Leaders, when he disclosed details of his discussions with President Putin of Russia and all his demands, meaning that the Russian President had set the stage for the meeting with Trump.
Putin’s demand and Trump’s insistence that Zelenskyy must be ready to give out the capture Ukrainian la regions to Russia may have given the European Leaders, EU and NATO, officials, the audacity to take the bold initiative to be in US, though uninvited, with Zelenskyy.
The European Leaders, EU, and NATO, officials, may not have read the handwriting on the wall that between August 15, 2025, when the US President Trump hosted the Russian Leader and the August, 18, 202, meeting with Zelenskyy of Ukraine, a lot has changed as Putin had bounced back on the global political stage.
This is evident going by Trump’s change of attitude towards the Russian Leader, marked by ‘’respect’’ that he was no longer thinking of imposing economic sanctions on the country as he plans to cancel the existing sanctions to give the breather to execute its planned projects without disruption. He was said to have met Zelenskyy with the European Leaders, EU, and NATO officials after the first leg meeting with him to discuss in the war with Russia.
The Trump Administration and EU, economic sanctions against Russia, was said to have resulted in the discontinuation of the Norg energy project by Putin which many believes have had a significant influence over the country’s energy sector, between 2023 and now.
It would be recalled that prior to the invitation of Zelenskyy by Trump for a meeting in the oval office, he was said to have engaged the Ukrainian Leader in a 10- hour phone conversations where he had shared with him some of the issues discussed with Putin at the Alaska Summit.
Diplomatic sources had confirmed that he had advised Zelenskyy ‘’to quickly make a deal with his Russian Counterpart to end the war’’ but the Ukrainian President had declared that he would not want ‘’to violate the country’s Constitution by agreeing to give away some of its captured regions to Russia’’.
President Trump who could not take it was said to have tongue lashed Zelenskyy to show evidence of the Parliamentary approval before going to war with Russia. His anger was that the Ukrainian Leader has no reason to continue prolonging the war why his people ate dying on a daily basis due to the Russian continuous bombing of the country by insisting on getting the approval of the Parliamentarians before getting involved in land swap with Russia as proposed by Trump.
The captured Ukrainian regions which Trump had said must be ceded to Russian include Donestk, and the Kaherson, Luhansk, Maykolayyiv and Zaporizhzhya blasts. More so, had told him as well to forget and about joining NATO as Ukraine will not be admitted.
President Trump had said that Putin would as much could have wanted ‘’to take over the entire Ukraine, but would not want to mess around with him as long as he remains the US, president. Note that Russia, under the Leadership of Barrack Obama, had annexed, Cremea while it took over additional four regions during the Administration of President Joe Biden but non under his Leadership.
The US President, who could hide his feelings was said to have categorically told Zelenskyy, described as a war monger in several quarters, ‘’to make good use of the opportunity with his involvement in brokering peace between the Waring parties to immediately end the war or continue to fight’’ with the Russian soldiers killing more of the Ukrainians by land, sea and air, that would cause more destruction of the country’s infrastructural facilities and subsequent collapse of the economy.
Viktor Sulyok, the Hungaria President, who spoke out recently on the ongoing between Russia and Ukraine had warned Zelenskyy to forget about joining NATO, describing it as a failed decision as the security Organization has no business in Ukraine’’.
Even the Bulgaria President, Rumen Radev, a Major General, rtd, who has fought many wars had said that the earlier Zelenskyy surrender and the European Leaders, EU and NATO, stop supplying weapons and funding of the Ukraine war against Russia and accept that they have lost out, the better for them to end the killing in Ukrainians as no part of Ukraine, not even Kyiv, the Capital.
Given Zelenskyy’s major worry for foot dragging in in ending the war with Russia which was about its security guarantee may have informed why. of Trump had given hope that the US, will help out to forestall future invasion by Russia but stated that ‘’Europe would bear the burden of protecting the country but without gave details’’.
Putin may have sent a message to the Ukrainian Leader that the war is as good as having been won by Russan as the country ‘s Army has made a significant breakthrough on the front lines, taking the two urban areas in the Donestk region still under the control of the Ukrainian forces.
The crucial To514 supply route connecting Coprophilia to Kramatorsk was said to have been reached by the Russian forces. The route had served as a new defensive line for the Ukrainians, which they had built over recent months to contain the advancing of the Russian troops.
It was not surprising why the Ukrainian Leader who could no longer bear the heat had agreed that’’ there should be temporary ceasefire’’, perhaps to rearm and continue the war, which was said to have been rejected by Trump, and other top officials of the US, government at the meeting which includes VP. JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State and Envoy Steve Witkoff, Coordinating Russia and Ukraine.
Determined to end the war at all cost, Trump was said to have planned to meet with Putin on Friday, August 22, 2025. The Ukrainian President may have known that he cannot make mockery of the US, President’s effort’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine that he was said to have called for a temporary ceasefire which Trump, believes would give the parties opportunity to rearm and continue the war after one or two weeks. Trump and Putin, who were said to be touch, why the Washington DC, meeting were ongoing on August 18, 2025, ‘’were said to have rejected the idea, insisting on permanent ceasefire’’.
This confirms what the US President had repeatedly said that Zelenskyy, ‘’the Ukrainian Leader, can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to end the war. The good news about Trump meeting with Trump and European Leaders, EU, and NAT, officials at the tail end of the meeting with Zelenskyy who had agreed on a permanent ceasefire without the undue influence of the backups who were in support of a temporary cease was the planned trilateral Summit in Moscow that would involve the trio of Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy to finally sign the ceasefire on a date to be agreed. Vintage Trump, for brokering the deadlock in the Russian-Ukraine war.
Rutte, the EU, Secretary had confirmed that Putin, had agreed the bilateral meeting, that would hold in Russia and Ukraine at different times but did not specify the date or location for the meeting in his home country. Already, Zelenskyy had given his words that he was ready to meet the ready strongman one-on one to discuss and shake hands any time soon. Gong by his calculations, that may be possible in the next one week or 10 days.
