{"id":1260071,"date":"2025-07-14T22:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelensky-held-talks-with-trump-and-rutte-discussed-arms-supplies-protection-of-ukrainians-and-pressure-on-russia\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:58:50","slug":"zelensky-held-talks-with-trump-and-rutte-discussed-arms-supplies-protection-of-ukrainians-and-pressure-on-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelensky-held-talks-with-trump-and-rutte-discussed-arms-supplies-protection-of-ukrainians-and-pressure-on-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky held talks with Trump and Rutte: discussed arms supplies, protection of Ukrainians, and pressure on Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had held two important international talks with US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The talks focused on strengthening Ukraine&#8217;s defense, the supply of Patriot systems, new weapons, and steps toward a just peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> He wrote about this in <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/15116\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> President Zelenskyy described the conversation with the American leader as &#8220;very good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A very good conversation. Thank you for your willingness to support Ukraine and continue to work together to stop the killings and establish a lasting and just peace,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p> Main highlights:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> The US&#8217;s readiness to support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Working together to stop the killings and establish a lasting and just peace;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Discussion of necessary means of protection against Russian attacks;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Confidence in productive cooperation to strengthen Ukraine&#8217;s positions.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Zelensky also noted the importance of NATO countries increasing their defense budgets and the United States continuing to coordinate support.<\/p>\n<p> The leaders agreed to coordinate actions more often and to continue to call each other.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the NATO Secretary General informed Zelensky about the results of the meeting with Trump in Washington.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Also a very good conversation, Mark informed about today&#8217;s meeting in Washington with President Trump and about the details of cooperation between Europe and the United States to continue and strengthen support for Ukraine,&#8221; Zelenskyy noted.<\/p>\n<p> The conversation confirmed:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> The readiness of the United States, Germany and Norway to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot complexes;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Supply of other modern weapons &#8211; to protect the civilian population and repel attacks by the Russian Federation;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Strong support from the Alliance in strengthening Ukraine&#8217;s defense capabilities.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Zelensky stressed the importance of continuing to put pressure on Russia to force it to stop the war.<\/p>\n<p> Separately, the president thanked both leaders for their clear position in support of Ukraine, and also noted that unity between the United States and Europe remains a determining factor in deterring the aggressor.<\/p>\n<p> The day before <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/viyna-v-ukraini-posylennia-ppo-ta-novi-sanktsii-proty-rosii-u-bilomu-domi-vidbulasia-zustrich-trampa-i-riutte\/\">, a landmark meeting between US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte took place at the White House<\/a> . During the briefing, Trump announced the transfer of up to 17 Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine and a large amount of other military aid, which will be partially financed by European allies. The president also threatened Russia with 100% tariffs if a peace agreement on Ukraine is not reached within 50 days.<\/p>\n<p> It is worth adding that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ssha-prodadut-zbroiu-nato-na-10-miliardiv-dolariv-dlia-peredachi-ukraini-detali\/\">the United States is preparing to transfer weapons to NATO allies worth about $10 billion \u2014 with the subsequent delivery of this equipment to Ukraine<\/a> . The agreement, signed by US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, provides for the transfer of the most modern weapons, including missiles, air defense systems, and artillery ammunition.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow \u201c <strong>Pryamym<\/strong> \u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had held two important international talks with US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The talks focused on strengthening Ukraine&#8217;s defense, the supply of Patriot systems, new weapons, and steps toward a just peace. He wrote about this in Telegram . President Zelenskyy described the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1243853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1260071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}