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- Zelenskiy says Alaska summit should open path to Ukraine-Russia-US talks</p>
<p>August 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM</p>
<p>KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was important that Friday's Russia-U.S. summit in Alaska opened up a path towards a "just peace", as well as substantive three-way talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and the United States.</p>
<p>"It is time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America," Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were due to meet at a Cold War-era air force base in Alaska on Friday to discuss a ceasefire deal for Ukraine that the U.S. sees as a possible way to end the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two.</p>
<p>Trump said he would not negotiate on behalf of Ukraine in the meeting and would let Kyiv decide whether to engage in territorial swaps with Russia.</p>
<p>"Indeed, high stakes. The key thing is that this meeting should open up a real path towards a just peace and a substantive discussion between leaders in a trilateral format – Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian side," Zelenskiy said.</p>
<p>This week, Zelenskiy held a meeting with European leaders, and on Friday agreed with the French president to meet after the U.S.-Russia summit.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Yuliia Dysa; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Mark Heinrich and Alex Richardson)</p>
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