Medvedev says that European leaders have failed to get ahead of Trump on Ukraine

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev narrated European leaders on Tuesday, accusing them of failing “to be ahead of” US President Donald Trump when they meet the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.

“The anti-Russian coalition in heat of volunteers has failed to get ahead of @potus on its lawn,” wrote Medvedev on X, in English.

The “coalition of willingly” refers to a group of European leaders who have formed a pact to support a peace agreement in Ukraine. These leaders of Monday’s meeting included French president Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen were also present.

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The vice-president of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, attends a meeting of the Council of Sciences and Education at the Joint Nuclear Research Institute of the City of Dubna in the Moscow region, Russia on June 13, 2024. (Sputnik / Alexei Maisonv / Pool via Reuters)

Medvedev alleged that these leaders were “thanked” and “sucked” to President Trump.

The questioning remaining now, said Medvedev, was “what setting” Zelenskyy – which he described as mocker as “the kyiv clown” – “will play on the guarantees and the territories at home, once he has taken over his green military uniform.”

Washington, DC – August 18: US President Donald Trump is organizing a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo of Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Monday’s meeting came after the Trump’s historic summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska last Friday. After the White House meeting, Trump said that he had spoken with Putin to start coordinating the next steps in the peace process aimed at putting an end to Ukraine War.

Writing on his social platform of truth, Trump said that he had called his Russian counterpart to start “the arrangements for a meeting” with Zelenskyy. This would then be followed by a trilateral meeting between the two presidents at war and the United States.

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The Republican President also said that the United States would support European security guarantees to prevent Moscow from reincarnating Ukraine once the war is over.

President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House Oval Office, Monday, August 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Julia Demaoree Nikhinson)

Trump was caught in hot micro earlier in the day by telling Macron that Putin wanted to find a resolution to end the war, although a Russian manager later died of these remarks.

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The Russian state media, quoting Putin’s foreign adviser Yuri Ushakov, said Putin had spoken “in favor” of direct proceedings between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

Alec Schemmel of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.