{"id":14316,"date":"2025-08-18T16:20:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-live-updates-as-leaders-head-to-white-house-for-ukraine-talks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:20:32","slug":"trump-zelenskyy-meeting-live-updates-as-leaders-head-to-white-house-for-ukraine-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-live-updates-as-leaders-head-to-white-house-for-ukraine-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Zelenskyy meeting live updates as leaders head to White House for Ukraine talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content__post--344e9eb2-7300-4e78-b6e6-bf3407f16266\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-344e9eb2\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T12:17:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              4m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">European leaders begin arriving at the White House<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Shortly after noon, European leaders began arriving on the South Lawn, with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arriving first, followed by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Their motorcades passed by U.S. servicemembers lining the driveway leading to the South Portico of the White House, holding flags.<\/p>\n<p>The president did not greet the leaders outside. Instead, Monica Crowley, the chief of protocol at the State Department, was on hand to welcome them. A red carpet outlined the path for the leaders from their vehicles into the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kathryn  Watson              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-344e9eb2\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=European%20leaders%20begin%20arriving%20at%20the%20White%20House&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-344e9eb2\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=European%20leaders%20begin%20arriving%20at%20the%20White%20House&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-344e9eb2\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-344e9eb2<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--0b1c1c5c-3cd1-4294-94fb-811295aa8569\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-0b1c1c5c\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T12:10:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              11m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Trump on Ukraine war: &#8220;I&#8217;m only here to stop it&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115050161923440039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post on Truth Social<\/a> before the leaders arrived, the president took aim at critics who have questioned his approach to ending the war in Ukraine, saying the Wall Street Journal and others &#8220;truly don&#8217;t have a clue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m only here to stop it, not to prosecute it any further,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;It would have NEVER happened if I was President. I know exactly what I&#8217;m doing, and I don&#8217;t need the advice of people who have been working on all of these conflicts for years, and were never able to do a thing to stop them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;They are &#8216;STUPID&#8217; people, with no common sense, intelligence, or understanding, and they only make the current R\/U disaster more difficult to FIX. Despite all of my lightweight and very jealous critics, I&#8217;ll get it done \u2014 I always do!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Stefan  Becket              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-0b1c1c5c\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Trump%20on%20Ukraine%20war%3A%20%22I%27m%20only%20here%20to%20stop%20it%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-0b1c1c5c\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Trump%20on%20Ukraine%20war%3A%20%22I%27m%20only%20here%20to%20stop%20it%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-0b1c1c5c\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-0b1c1c5c<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--02523780-be63-4a0f-a79d-16d373b901d8\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-02523780\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:55:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              26m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Russian strikes on Ukraine continue overnight ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Russian attacks on Ukraine continued ahead of the meeting in Washington. An overnight wave of air strikes hit cities around the country, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Sumy, according to local media.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian authorities said a drone attack on a residential area in the city of Kharkiv killed a toddler, a 16-year-old and five other people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite all of the diplomacy and peace efforts, Russia continues to kill civilians,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said in a social media post. &#8220;Russia is a murderous war machine that Ukraine is holding back. And it must be stopped through transatlantic unity and pressure. Moscow must stop the killing in order to advance diplomacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a demonstrative and cynical Russian strike. They are aware that a meeting is taking place today in Washington that will address the end of the war,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote on social media, adding that dozens more people, including children, had been injured in the attack on Kharkiv.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Haley  Ott              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-02523780\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Russian%20strikes%20on%20Ukraine%20continue%20overnight%20ahead%20of%20Trump-Zelenskyy%20meeting&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-02523780\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Russian%20strikes%20on%20Ukraine%20continue%20overnight%20ahead%20of%20Trump-Zelenskyy%20meeting&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-02523780\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-02523780<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--47cf3c89-e88e-4b42-982c-97a86bfa54a8\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-47cf3c89\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:39:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              42m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Thune says Senate &#8220;stands ready&#8221; to provide Trump with &#8220;economic leverage&#8221; in Russia negotiations<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune praised Mr. Trump ahead of the meeting with Zelenskyy in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeaderJohnThune\/status\/1957459248096379301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a> on X, saying the president &#8220;should be commended for his dogged determination to bring peace to Ukraine and for his courage to engage with all parties in a way his predecessor refused to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thune reiterated that the Senate is ready to provide the White House with &#8220;any economic leverage needed to keep Russia at the table to negotiate a just and lasting peace in Ukraine&#8221; in what appeared to be a nod to the bipartisan effort in Congress to impose <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lindsey-graham-richard-blumenthal-russia-sanctions-congress\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">new economic sanctions<\/a><\/span> aimed at ramping up pressure on the Kremlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For months, the Senate has been <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions-tariffs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pushing<\/a><\/span> for the sanctions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/1241?s=1&amp;r=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bill<\/a>, which was introduced by GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham in April and has 84 cosponors, but Thune has so far deferred to the White House on timing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kaia  Hubbard              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-47cf3c89\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Thune%20says%20Senate%20%22stands%20ready%22%20to%20provide%20Trump%20with%20%22economic%20leverage%22%20in%20Russia%20negotiations&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-47cf3c89\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Thune%20says%20Senate%20%22stands%20ready%22%20to%20provide%20Trump%20with%20%22economic%20leverage%22%20in%20Russia%20negotiations&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-47cf3c89\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-47cf3c89<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--b0d44c07-2e65-466b-ad53-0c7cfe4f3c66\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-b0d44c07\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              55m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">What happened the last time Zelenskyy visited the White House<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb 28, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jabin Botsford\/The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>U.S. allies hope Monday&#8217;s meeting will go better than Zelenskyy&#8217;s memorable <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-rare-earth-minerals-trump-zelenskyy\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">last visit<\/a><\/span> to the White House in February. That meeting devolved into chaos, finger pointing and insults, prompting Zelenskyy&#8217;s visit to be cut short.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the course of an Oval Office meeting, Mr. Trump threatened Zelenskyy to make a deal with Russia or &#8220;we&#8217;re out,&#8221; while Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being &#8220;disrespectful.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have the cards right now,&#8221; Mr. Trump said in February, as Zelenskyy interjected and disagreed. &#8220;With us, you start having cards. Right now, you don&#8217;t have your playing cards, your playing cards \u2014 you&#8217;re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You&#8217;re gambling with World War III. You&#8217;re gambling with World War III.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have you said &#8216;thank you&#8217; once, this entire meeting? No, in this entire meeting, have you said &#8216;thank you?'&#8221; Vance said to Zelenskyy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy&#8217;s voice remained largely measured, while Vance and Mr. Trump raised theirs. Amid the chaos, a reporter asked \u2014 what if Russia violates a ceasefire?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What if anything?&#8221; Mr. Trump responded. &#8220;What if a bomb drops on your head right now? OK?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kathryn  Watson              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-b0d44c07\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=What%20happened%20the%20last%20time%20Zelenskyy%20visited%20the%20White%20House&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-b0d44c07\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=What%20happened%20the%20last%20time%20Zelenskyy%20visited%20the%20White%20House&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-b0d44c07\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-b0d44c07<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--eebf9f22-00b1-49e6-b298-91f52e80a2b8\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-eebf9f22\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:13:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              11:13 AM<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Zelenskyy says Russia &#8220;can only be forced into peace through strength,&#8221; and Trump &#8220;has that strength&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Today&#8217;s meeting at the White House with Ukraine and other European nations is &#8220;the first meeting in such a format, and it is very serious,&#8221; Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1957443291953180705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He thanked Keith Kellogg, the special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, for a meeting before the gathering at the White House, posting a video that showed a warm greeting between the two and their discussions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We discussed the battlefield situation and our strong diplomatic capabilities \u2014 Ukraine&#8217;s and all of Europe&#8217;s together with America,&#8221; Zelenskyy said in his post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He arrived in Washington on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian president said that Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities continued overnight, and two children were among those killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People were simply sleeping when the Russian army launched strikes on the cities,&#8221; Zelenskyy said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia can only be forced into peace through strength, and President Trump has that strength,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;We have to do everything right to make peace happen. Thank you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kathryn  Watson              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-eebf9f22\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Zelenskyy%20says%20Russia%20%22can%20only%20be%20forced%20into%20peace%20through%20strength%2C%22%20and%20Trump%20%22has%20that%20strength%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-eebf9f22\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Zelenskyy%20says%20Russia%20%22can%20only%20be%20forced%20into%20peace%20through%20strength%2C%22%20and%20Trump%20%22has%20that%20strength%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-eebf9f22\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-eebf9f22<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--f4642494-6ba6-47ba-a6d3-33198cf3fdf0\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-f4642494\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:00:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              Updated 11:00 AM<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Here are the European leaders accompanying Zelenskyy to Washington<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>On Sunday, a slew of European leaders announced they would be accompanying Zelenskyy on his trip to Washington, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EU Commissioner <strong>Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>NATO Secretary General <strong>Mark Rutte<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>British Prime Minister <strong>Keir Starmer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>German Chancellor <strong>Friedrich Merz<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>French President <strong>Emannuel Macron<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Italian Prime Minister <strong>Giorgia Meloni<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Finnish President <strong>Alexander Stubb<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115049921290485283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted on Truth Social<\/a> on Monday morning that &#8220;We have never had so many European Leaders here at one time. A great honor for America!!! Lets see what the results will be???&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Stefan  Becket              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-f4642494\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Here%20are%20the%20European%20leaders%20accompanying%20Zelenskyy%20to%20Washington&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-f4642494\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Here%20are%20the%20European%20leaders%20accompanying%20Zelenskyy%20to%20Washington&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-f4642494\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-f4642494<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--f5e8943b-6707-4b4a-a608-8203808659d8\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-f5e8943b\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:00:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              Updated 11:00 AM<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">What time is the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Mr. Trump will meet with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office before holding a larger meeting with participating European leaders, with both events partly open to cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reporters are expected to be ushered into the beginning of Mr. Trump&#8217;s meeting with Zelenskyy at 1:15 p.m., as well as part of the meeting with European leaders at 3 p.m. Those times are subject to change, as meetings may run long. There is no press conference scheduled with Mr. Trump and any European leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other U.S. officials will be in the Oval Office for the meeting with Zelenskyy, including Vice President JD Vance, Rubio, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full schedule, released by the White House:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Noon<\/strong>: European leaders arrive<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 p.m.<\/strong>: Mr. Trump greets Zelenskyy\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>1:15 p.m.<\/strong>: Bilateral meeting between Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:15 p.m.<\/strong>: Mr. Trump greets European leaders in the State Dining Room\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:30 p.m.<\/strong>: Mr. Trump and European leaders take a &#8220;family photo&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>3 p.m.<\/strong>: Mr. Trump holds a multilateral meeting with European leaders in the East Room<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kathryn  Watson              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-f5e8943b\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=What%20time%20is%20the%20Trump-Zelenskyy%20meeting%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-f5e8943b\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=What%20time%20is%20the%20Trump-Zelenskyy%20meeting%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-f5e8943b\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-f5e8943b<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--9ed7cc04-1aab-4d14-a090-a2568e379d17\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-9ed7cc04\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:00:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              Updated 11:00 AM<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Rubio says Putin meeting resulted in &#8220;enough movement&#8221; for Zelenskyy meeting<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/17\/f6d04dbb-031b-487b-8677-22009763c28b\/thumbnail\/620x349\/7ecc7d0f2f6f74b95a6df579d61486dd\/rubio.jpg#\" alt=\"Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears on \" face=\"\" the=\"\" nation=\"\" on=\"\" sunday=\"\" aug.=\"\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/17\/f6d04dbb-031b-487b-8677-22009763c28b\/thumbnail\/620x349\/7ecc7d0f2f6f74b95a6df579d61486dd\/rubio.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/17\/f6d04dbb-031b-487b-8677-22009763c28b\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/4a5975fe15dfe0f9a1ea81b44b3a8503\/rubio.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears on &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rubio <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marco-rubio-face-the-nation-transcript-8-17-2025\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said<\/a><\/span> on &#8220;Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan&#8221; that although there wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;lot of progress&#8221; in the Alaska summit on Friday, it resulted in &#8220;enough movement&#8221; to justify Monday&#8217;s talks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If not, we wouldn&#8217;t be having Zelenskyy flying all the way over here,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;We wouldn&#8217;t be having all the Europeans coming all the way over here. Now understand, and take with a grain of salt, I&#8217;m not saying we&#8217;re on the verge of a peace deal, but I am saying that we saw movement, enough movement to justify a follow-up meeting with Zelenskyy and the Europeans, enough movement for us to dedicate even more time to this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the possibility of further sanctions on Russia, such as the secondary sanctions Mr. Trump has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-putin-russia-10-days-ceasefire-ukraine\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">threatened<\/a><\/span> to impose, Rubio said punishing Russia now would prompt Moscow to disengage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The moment the president puts those additional sanctions, that&#8217;s the end of the talks. You&#8217;ve basically locked in at least another year to year and a half of war and death and destruction,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;We may unfortunately wind up there, but we don&#8217;t want to wind up there. We want to wind up with a peace deal that ends this war so Ukraine can go on with the rest of their lives and rebuild their country and be assured that this is never going to happen again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said &#8220;both sides&#8221; are going to have to make concessions. &#8220;That&#8217;s how these deals are made, whether we like it or not,&#8221; he told Brennan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more <\/em><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marco-rubio-face-the-nation-transcript-8-17-2025\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/span><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kathryn  Watson              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-9ed7cc04\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Rubio%20says%20Putin%20meeting%20resulted%20in%20%22enough%20movement%22%20for%20Zelenskyy%20meeting&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-9ed7cc04\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Rubio%20says%20Putin%20meeting%20resulted%20in%20%22enough%20movement%22%20for%20Zelenskyy%20meeting&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-9ed7cc04\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-9ed7cc04<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--37d237f7-181e-4f04-b438-f69999a9cab7\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-37d237f7\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-08-18T11:00:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              11:00 AM<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Putin agreed to let U.S., Europe offer NATO-style protections for Ukraine, Witkoff says<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Putin agreed at the Alaska <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-putin-meeting-alaska-ukraine\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">summit<\/a><\/span> to allow the U.S. and its European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO&#8217;s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the 3 1\/2-year war in Ukraine, special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were able to win the following concession: That the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in NATO,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-putin-zelensky-ukraine-news-08-17-25#cmefqp88u000n3b6qsap1u79b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;<\/a> He added that it &#8220;was the first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that&#8221; and called it &#8220;game-changing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/topics_110496.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Article 5<\/a>, at the heart of the 32-member military alliance, states that an armed attack against one or more of the members shall be considered an attack against all members.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff, who had joined Rubio for the talks at a military base in Alaska, offered few details on how such an agreement would work. But it appeared to be a major shift for Putin and could serve as a workaround to his long-standing objection to Ukraine&#8217;s potential NATO membership.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more <\/em><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-steve-witkoff-nato-security-guarantees\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/span><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By The Associated  Press              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-37d237f7\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=Putin%20agreed%20to%20let%20U.S.%2C%20Europe%20offer%20NATO-style%20protections%20for%20Ukraine%2C%20Witkoff%20says&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-37d237f7\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Putin%20agreed%20to%20let%20U.S.%2C%20Europe%20offer%20NATO-style%20protections%20for%20Ukraine%2C%20Witkoff%20says&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Ftrump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine%2F%23post-update-37d237f7\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-ukraine\/#post-update-37d237f7<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 4m ago European leaders begin arriving at the White House Shortly after noon, European leaders began arriving on the South Lawn, with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arriving first, followed by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. 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