Zelenskyy, excluded from Alaska Summit, to visit Trump in D.C. Monday

(NewsNation) — No peace deal emerged from the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Friday, but Ukraine will get its seat at the negotiating table in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

"I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war. I am grateful for the invitation," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X Saturday.

He said he spoke one-on-one with Trump on the phone for an hour, calling the conversation "substantive."

"Ukraine reaffirms its readiness to work with maximum effort to achieve peace," Zelenskyy said. "President Trump informed about his meeting with the Russian leader and the main points of their discussion. It is important that America’s strength has an impact on the development of the situation."

The Ukrainian president was excluded from the in-person meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage on Friday where the two world leaders met to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.

“There is no deal until there is a deal,” Trump told reporters at a joint news conference following the talks. “We really made some great progress. We had an extremely productive meeting.”

After greeting one another on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a U.S. military installation located roughly equidistant from Moscow and D.C., Trump and Putin met for several hours in what was billed as a summit to address Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

This was the first time Putin stepped on U.S. soil in nearly 10 years.

Putin suggested in English that their next meeting take place “in Moscow,” prompting Trump to respond that he would “get a little heat on that one.” Trump said he planned to call NATO officials, European leaders and Zelenskyy to brief them on the meeting’s outcomes.

European leaders respond to Alaska Summit

The European Council released a joint statement Saturday on behalf of French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, European Council President António Costa, and European Commission Ursula President von der Leyen.

"Leaders welcomed President Trump’s efforts to stop the killing in Ukraine, end Russia’s war of aggression, and achieve just and lasting peace," the statement said. "As President Trump said ‘there’s no deal until there’s a deal’. As envisioned by President Trump, the next step must now be further talks including President Zelenskyy, whom he will meet soon."

The group said its ready to meet in a trilateral summit with Ukraine, Russia and the U.S.

"We are clear that Ukraine must have ironclad security guarantees to effectively defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," the statement said. "We welcome President Trump’s statement that the US is prepared to give security guarantees."