Main statements by Zelensky after meeting with President Trump:
▪️“We decided to focus more on production,” Zelensky noted, emphasizing joint work with the US and other countries on the logistics of future arms supplies.
▪️On the question of long-range missiles, he said both sides [The US and Ukraine] agreed not to discuss the issue publicly to avoid escalation.
▪️Zelensky said he did not discuss the issue of Ukrainian strikes on targets inside Russia during his meeting with President Trump.
▪️He stated that Ukraine trusts the US and President Trump “because he genuinely wants to end this war.”
▪️“Putin hates me, and I hate him too,” Zelensky said, adding that peace talks should begin only after a ceasefire along the current front line.
▪️When asked if he is optimistic about receiving Tomahawks, Zelensky laughed and said: “I’m a realist.”
▪️“We have to stop where we are now, and then start talking — but the question is Putin, because we didn’t start this war,” Zelensky said, agreeing with Trump, who earlier urged both leaders in a Truth Social post to stop where they are and halt the fighting.
▪️Ukraine cannot withstand ballistic missile attacks with its current air defenses — “our energy system simply can’t handle it,” Zelensky said, calling for stronger pressure on Russia through advanced weapons supplies.
▪️Zelensky said Ukraine needs strong security guarantees after a ceasefire to ensure Putin does not return with new aggression.
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) Oct 17, 2025
Day: October 17, 2025
🚨Update:,Venezuela mobilized the entire nation! Venezuelan troops are moving to defensive positions along the Caribbean coast, as Dictator Maduro activates what he touts as a million-strong militia—mere bluster amid the heaviest U.S. military buildup in the area since the 1983… pic.twitter.com/QBwp7xifYR
— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) October 17, 2025
The official lunch between Zelensky and Trump has already ended
According to a source in the Ukrainian delegation cited by Ukrainska Pravda, the lunch is over, but the meeting has continued for more than two hours, longer than originally planned. pic.twitter.com/1vqQZciQMn
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 17, 2025
BREAKING: Donald Trump derails his big meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a deranged rant about his Nobel Peace Prize snub but then pathetically insists that he doesn’t “care about that stuff.”
Every day is a new humiliation under this man’s rule…
“Maybe… pic.twitter.com/XUjU4bvdlI
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) October 17, 2025
🚨⚡️UNUSUAL
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended the Trump–Zelensky meeting wearing a tie featuring the three colors of the Russian flag.
While white, blue, and red are also national colors of the United States, Hegseth’s tie displayed them in the exact order of the Russian flag — as he sat directly across from Zelensky.
— mog_russEN (@mog_russEN) Oct 17, 2025
Trump to host Zelenskyy at White House with Tomahawks, Putin call on agenda – ABC News abcnews.go.com/Politics/trum…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Oct 17, 2025
bne IntelliNews – No Tomahawks for Ukraine, Trump to meet Putin in Hungary intellinews.com/no-tomahawks…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Oct 17, 2025
🇩🇪🇭🇺 German Foreign Ministry urges Hungary to arrest Putin
Although Hungarian authorities announced their withdrawal from the court’s jurisdiction, the decision will only take effect in April 2026. Until then, Hungary remains obligated to enforce the ICC arrest warrant for… pic.twitter.com/4cvUw46bvt
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 17, 2025
🚨⚡️ Kremlin spokesperson, Peskov:
– “We must ask the United States whether the conversation between Putin and Trump has reduced the risk of supplying Kyiv with ‘Tomahawk’ missiles.”
– “Putin clearly explained Russia’s position on the delivery of ‘Tomahawk’ missiles to Trump; this should not be subject to doubt.” x.com/mog_russEN/status/1978930892786516138
— mog_russEN (@mog_russEN) Oct 17, 2025