Zelenskyy leaves White House after meeting with Trump, Reuters reports

Oct 17, 2025 - 20:02

The meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ended after lasting more than two hours.

Source: Reuters; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Details: Reuters reported that Zelenskyy had left the White House.

An Ukrainska Pravda source said the meeting lasted more than two hours, longer than initially planned.

Update: Later, Suspilne reported that Zelenskyy was holding a phone call with European leaders following his meeting with Trump.

A source within the Ukrainian delegation said it was a group call, though the list of participants was not yet known.

Background:

On 17 October, a bilateral meeting in the format of an official lunch was held at the White House between Zelenskyy and Trump.
It was earlier reported that one of the key topics of the conversation between the two leaders would be the possible provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
Following his conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Trump said that the Russian ruler "didn't like" the idea of Tomahawk missiles being supplied to Ukraine.
Before the lunch, Zelenskyy said he would propose to the US president a deal to receive Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drones.