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Carney, Zelenskyy talk as world leaders prepare for Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Aug, 2025 10:26 AM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney by phone today ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit on the ongoing war.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet in person in Alaska on Friday.

The Ukrainian leader has not been invited to attend the summit and says he is instead co-ordinating a possible meeting with allies.

In a social media post, Zelenskyy says he and Carney agreed that no decisions about Ukraine's future and security can be made without Ukraine's participation.

He also says he and the Canadian prime minister agreed that Russia is trying to buy time by joining the summit and is not serious about ending the war.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited Zelenskyy, Trump and a number of European leaders to meetings on Wednesday.

Picture Courtesy: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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