European leaders in a “Coalition of the Willing” rush to show unity before the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy arrives in Washington on Monday.
The push comes after Axios first reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine withdrew from two eastern regions during his Friday top with President Donald Trump in Alaska.
Trump is now insisting on a three -way top with Putin and Zenskyy “Fast”, possibly already in August 22.
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet almost Sunday.
Summit with Putin sets up the agenda of Trump this week, while Ukraine War is central
President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press)
The “Coalition of the Willing” is meant to form a single front before Zenskyy faces Trump. In their August 13 Joint statementMacron, starmer and Merz said that the coalition would reject “territorial concessions under force” and insist on binding security guarantees for Ukraine.
AXIOS reported The conditions of Putin would shift much more country to Russia than Ukraine would win. He also drove China as a possible guarantee, a movement that would push NATO aside. European countries see that as a direct challenge for their security system.
President Trump said that European leaders are looking at him to stimulate results.
“There are many European leaders, but they rely on me – rely on me. If it wasn’t for me, this thing would never be resolved until the last person is dead,” Trump said last week during a press conference.
Zenskyy Dank NATO, European leaders for supporting his push to become a member of Trump -Putin Summit
President Zenskyy will meet President Donald Trump on Monday after a top with President Putin in Alaska on Friday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
Starmer and Macron are two Chiefs of State partners in the European “Coalition of the Willing” in the current Ukraine-Russian war. (Tom Nicholson/Getty images)
Trump has told Zenskyy and other leaders that he wants to go quickly in the direction of a three-way meeting with Putin on August 22, according to AXIOS reporting. The goal, he said, is to get all parties in the same room and test whether a breakthrough is possible. Such a top would mark the first direct encounter between the three men since the war began.
