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President Trump has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington for discussions this week, fresh off the high of ending the war in Gaza, The Post can confirm.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Olha Stefanishyna confirmed that Zelensky received an “official invitation for the president of Ukraine to come to the United States for a meeting,” the embassy exclusively told The Post on Monday.

Zelensky later confirmed the White House meeting would happen Friday, when they “will discuss a series of steps that I intend to propose.”


  President Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. ZUMAPRESS.com President Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. ZUMAPRESS.com

First, a delegation of Ukrainian officials including Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, Zelensky’s chief adviser Andriy Yermak and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov will arrive in the nation’s capital for a series of discussions this week with Washington leaders.

“There will be several other important meetings – with defense companies, and possibly with senators and members of Congress,” Zelensky said in a post to X. “I will also meet with energy companies.”

“This is necessary — it was President Trump’s proposal — and I will meet with these companies because there are pressing needs linked to various formats of attacks, not even the attacks that Russia has already carried out. In any case, we must be prepared. So, it will be helpful,” he added.

It comes after Zelensky and Trump held back-to-back calls on Saturday and Sunday, the Ukrainian president said in a post to X on Monday. The White House invitation was extended after the calls, per the Ukrainian embassy.

“Yesterday, we agreed on a set of topics to discuss today, and we covered all the aspects of the situation: defense of life in our country, strengthening our capabilities — in air defense, resilience, and long-range capabilities,” Zelensky said of the conversations. 

“We also discussed many details related to the energy sector.”


  Rubble on the ground at warehouses damaged by a Russian drone attack in the Odesa region, Ukraine. Ukrinform/Shutterstock Rubble on the ground at warehouses damaged by a Russian drone attack in the Odesa region, Ukraine. Ukrinform/Shutterstock

The meeting comes as Trump and his envoys Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner sealed a historic peace deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group, ending their two-year conflict in Gaza.

Zelensky on Monday said the same pressure the Trump administration successfully applied on Hamas can also be used to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to want to end his war on Ukraine.

Putin can be forced to make peace – like any other terrorist,” Zelensky said in a post to X. “Even Hamas [released] hostages. If this is possible, then Putin can also be forced to restore peace.”

Zelensky in an interview with Fox News on Sunday said that pressure from the US could come in the form of selling his nation long-range Tomahawk missiles that could hit military targets deep inside Russia.


  Trump and Zelenskyy in a meeting during the latter’s most recent White House meeting in August. Daniel Torok/White House/UPI/Shutterstock Trump and Zelenskyy in a meeting during the latter’s most recent White House meeting in August. Daniel Torok/White House/UPI/Shutterstock

Trump said he may be open to equipping Ukraine with the powerful missiles in a gaggle with reporters on Sunday aboard Air Force One.

“I might tell [Russsia] that if the war is not settled, that we may very well [send Ukraine Tomahawks,]” he said. “We may not, but we may do it.”

“Do they want Tomahawks going in their direction? I don’t think so.”

Ukraine’s president also said on “The Sunday Briefing” that the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas has given his country “hope” — after Trump told him “really that [the] Ukraine [war] is more difficult [to end], that it’s a bigger war.”

“We need two things, I think, to make real pressure on Putin,” Zelensky added, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I said to him that we need real air defense. And the second point is to have long weapons, long-distance capabilities.”

Ukraine has been targeting Russia’s energy section — which experts say is Moscow’s main source of funding for its war on Kyiv. The strikes have worked, ramping up the pressure on the Russian economy.

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