Ukraine’s president says the leaders agreed to meet after a phone call; no negotiating outcome has been announced.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on September 20 that he and U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to meet in New York, opening another opportunity for direct talks over efforts to end the war.
The Ukrainian presidential office announced the planned meeting following a phone conversation between the two leaders. Its statement did not give a meeting date or announce an agreement on the substance of negotiations.
Reuters reported that the meeting would take place during the United Nations General Assembly gathering. The announcement adds a diplomatic development to the conflict, but a planned encounter is not evidence of an agreed settlement.
According to Kyiv’s account, Zelenskyy thanked Trump for a visit to Ukraine by American envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner. He described work with the U.S. team on possible de-escalation steps and on energy security, food security and protection of human life.
Those are Ukraine’s stated priorities and account of the conversation, not confirmed terms accepted by all parties. The next substantive test is whether the leaders announce specific measures after meeting. Until then, expectations of progress should remain separate from verifiable results.
Featured image: Manhattan skyline, file photograph by Luca Bravo / Unsplash. This image does not depict the planned meeting.