Trump says the ceasefire is not necessary for the Ukrainian peace talks-Russia
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President Donald Trump said that a ceasefire agreement was not necessary when he was in a hurry on the efforts of his administration to end the war between Russia and Ukraine at a high challenge meeting with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday.
“Mr. President. Last week, you warned of what you called serious consequences if a 30-day ceasefire or any type of ceasefire was not agreed by Russia. Will there be serious consequences? Does this change because of ….” A journalist asked Trump of the Oval Office at a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy.
Trump replied that a ceasefire is not necessary, highlighting other peace agreements that he signed this year that did not include the cease-fire when the wars were raging.
“I don’t think you need to ceases it. You know, if you look at the six offers that I have paid this year, they were all at war,” said Trump. “I haven’t stopped it. And I know it might be good to have, but I can also strategically understand why, you know, one country or the other did not want it.”
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President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on August 18, 2025, where Trump said that a ceasefire agreement was not necessary. (Getty Images)
Trump heard other peace agreements in 2025, such as that between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in June, and the Armenia – Azerbaijan deal designed earlier in August.
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“I haven’t stopped. I would have liked … I like the concept,” said Trump. “You know, I like the concept of ceasefire for a reason, because you would stop killing people immediately as opposed to two weeks or a week or everything you need. But we can work on a peace agreement while they are fighting. They must fight. I want them to stop them. I would like them to stop, but strategically, it could be disintegration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets President Donald Trump’s special representative for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, before meeting President Donald Trump on August 18, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidency / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Trump went to Alaska on Friday for a historic face -to -face meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin and said before the meeting that Russia would be confronted with serious consequences “if Putin did not agree to end the war.
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The war has raged between Russia and Ukraine since February 2022, Trump made several time that the war would not have broken out if he had been president during the mandate of former president Joe Biden.
Following Putin’s meeting, which did not include cease-fire or peace, Trump urged Ukraine to accept an land exchange agreement with Russia, arguing that it is the most effective way to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opens his hand with President Donald Trump in the oval office. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
Trump previously praised cease-fire agreements while working to ensure peace in other countries earlier in 2025, as in May when he celebrated the end of India and the conflict of Pakistan via a cease-fire.
“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am happy to announce that India and Pakistan have accepted a complete and immediate cease-fire. Congratulations to the two countries for having used common sense and intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this question!”
Trump told Truth Social on Saturday that he intended to rationalize the peace agreement and that a “simple ceasefire agreement” would not be enough.
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“It was determined by all that the best way to put an end to the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a peace agreement, which would end the war, and not a simple ceasefire agreement, which would not often keep,” wrote Trump in a Saturday Social truth job.
On Monday, Zelensky is expected to join a cohort of European heads of state who also visit the White House, notably: French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
