L to R: Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine President Voloydmyr Zelensky, France President Emmanuel Macron, and Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the grounds of the Mariynsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2025 (Ludovic Marin/AP)

Sunday’s Coverage: Russia’s Attacks on Center of Ukraine

Countering the collusion of Donald Trump’s officials with the Kremlin, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on Monday.

Zelensky said in his nightly address to the nation:

First and foremost, security issues, support for our resilience, and support packages for our defense.

First and foremost, air defense and long term funding for Ukraine.

Zelensky noted the discussions last Thursday to Saturday between Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. Those discussions followed Witkoff and Kushner’s conference with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday.

The President said he expected “detailed information” from Umerov, including on “the nuances the Americans are prepared to modify in negotiations with us and with the Russians”.

Zelensky spoke with Witkoff and Kushner on Saturday. He gave no details of the exchange, thanking them for “their readiness” for discussion and noting, “The American envoys are aware of Ukraine’s core positions, and the conversation was constructive though not easy.”

Trump Lies About His Proposal With Kremlin

Trump told reporters on Sunday night that Zelensky was not ready to sign off on the proposal developed by Witkoff and Kushner with Vladimir Putin’s top economic advisor Kirill Dmitriev.

“Russia is, I believe, fine with [the deal], but I’m not sure that Zelensky’s fine with it,” he said.

The ultimatum’s 28 points demanded that Russia be given all of the strategic Donetsk region in the east of the country. The rest of Ukraine would be kept permanently weak, with a ban on NATO membership, limits on the Ukranian military, and restrictions on Western assistance. The Trump Administration would get 50% of profits from Ukraine’s recovery fund, while Russia would get a lifting of sanctions, G8 membership, and amnesty for its officials over their war crimes.

Trump did not refer to a European-Ukraine counter-proposal beginning with a ceasefire on current frontlines. Instead, he lied:

I’m a little bit disappointed that President Zelensky hasn’t yet read the proposal, that was as of a few hours ago. His people love it, but he hasn’t.