Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had spoken with US President Donald Trump and the two agreed to meet in New York for talks that “could change a lot” in terms of finding a resolution to the 4-1/2-year-old war with Russia.
– The two leaders will be in New York in the coming week for the UN General Assembly.
– “We agreed to meet in New York, and this meeting could change a lot. There is diplomatic momentum,” Zelenskiy wrote on the X social media platform.
– Zelenskiy said he thanked Trump for this month’s visit to Kyiv by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
– “The peace track is our number-one priority,” he said.
– “There are ideas for de-escalation steps and for addressing fundamental security issues – energy security, food security, and the protection of human life,” he said.
– “We are working together with the American team and are ready to take really serious steps.”
– Zelenskiy again thanked Trump for signing into law the Russian sanctions bill championed by the late US Senator Lindsey Graham.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-he-trump-agree-meet-new-york-2026-09-20