Trump Calls Putin To Arrange Talks With Zelenskyy | Headlines From Across The World: 19 August, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Monday he had started arranging a peace summit between Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin, after intensive talks with Zelensky and European leaders at the White House. Trump said he had spoken by phone with Putin -- whom he met in Alaska last week -- following a "very good" meeting with the Europeans and the Ukrainian president in the White House.