Ukraine talks special: Will Zelensky and Putin meet?
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Donald Trump says he's begun arrangements for a meeting between Presidents Zelensky and Putin to end the war in Ukraine. He was speaking after talks with the Ukrainian leader and other European heads of state and government in Washington. They discussed security guarantees for Ukraine, to be provided by European countries in coordination with Washington. Mr Zelensky said he was ready to meet President Putin but said there must be protections for Ukraine once the war ends.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a special edition of the Global News podcast with an update on the US-Ukraine talks in Washington. |
| 0:08.1 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 130 GMT on Tuesday the 19th of August. Donald Trump says he's begun arrangements for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. He was speaking after talks with the Ukrainian president at the White House. |
| 0:24.2 | President Trump also said the U.S. could be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine. |
| 0:29.6 | European leaders at the meeting stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire. |
| 0:33.9 | But how will Russia respond? |
| 0:48.8 | Three days after the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, it was Vladimir Zelensky's turn to put his case to the U.S. President. |
| 0:54.1 | The Ukrainian leader was joined out at the White House by a heavyweight European delegation. And it seems to |
| 0:55.4 | have worked. There was no repeat of the bust-up scene when Mr. Zelensky visited the Oval Office |
| 0:59.9 | in February. In fact, the reporter who'd berated him for wearing military fatigues last time |
| 1:05.6 | was full of praise for his smart outfit. President Zelensky, you look fabulous in that suit. |
| 1:11.6 | I said the same thing. |
| 1:12.8 | Yeah, you look good. |
| 1:13.8 | I said the same thing. |
| 1:15.2 | Yeah, looks good on you. |
| 1:16.0 | I said that one that attacked you last time. |
| 1:17.9 | See, I remember that. |
| 1:19.2 | I apologize to you. |
| 1:20.6 | You look wonderful. |
| 1:21.8 | No, my first question for you, President Zelensky. |
| 1:23.9 | In the same suit. |
| 1:28.9 | You see, I changed you. |
| 1:37.9 | On the more serious matter of ending the war in Ukraine, President Trump said that in a very significant step, as he put it, |
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