Politics
Trump and Zelensky hold New York talks on ending Ukraine war
September 22, 2026 at 07:32 PM · Updated 23d ago
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5 reports · 4 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 12 hours
Trump and Zelensky met at the UN in New York to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, as Trump said Putin is ready for talks.
- Trump and Zelensky held a bilateral meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday to discuss ending Russia's war on Ukraine.
- Trump told journalists the sides are working to end the war and pledged in his UN address to settle the conflict as quickly as possible.
- Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold a meeting to end the war.
- Zelensky said a Russian halt to strikes on Ukraine's energy sector, critical infrastructure, and food exports would be met with matching de-escalation steps from Kyiv.
- Zelensky warned that Russia is preparing a 'new massive attack' on Ukraine.
- He said he discussed a winter air-defence package, including additional Patriot missiles, with Trump.
- Trump expressed concern that Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries were pushing up diesel prices.
- Zelensky said Kyiv was ready for any form of energy-sector ceasefire, including a bilateral truce, and reiterated support for a trilateral summit.


