The US President will participate in working sessions with Ukraine President but no one–to-one with Zelensky is scheduled.
US President Donald Trump will hold meetings with Middle Eastern leaders in the G7 conclave in France this week, but will not hold a one-to-one meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump is scheduled to travel to Evian, France, for the G7 summit on Monday.
The G7 meet also assumes significance as it comes after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the British forces have intercepted a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel on Sunday.
Starmer has said the development is a setback for Moscow’s efforts to sustain its war in Ukraine. European leaders are reportedly miffed with US efforts to deal with the Ukraine conflict without taking NATO allies into confidence.
Trump is expected to interact with European leaders with whom he has sparred over a host of issues ranging from trade, tariffs, Ukraine and NATO since his second term began in 2025.
Though he will participate in a working session on Tuesday with Zelenskyy and G7 leaders, a bilateral meeting with the Ukraine leader is not scheduled, The Independent reported.
The G7 meeting assumes significance as earlier advances made by Russian forces have met with stiff resistance or even slowed. Kiev is also seeking more military funding from its allies.
An unnamed US official told reporters that the US believes Russian gains have “more or less stopped.”
The US seeks an early end to the war, he reportedly said.
