Efforts underway for Zelenskyy-Trump meeting at UN next week

Trump presses for a solution to end Ukraine’s war with Russia as oil prices surge.

US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026 [Win McNamee/Getty Images]

Efforts are underway to organise a “meaningful” meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly next week.

Ukrainian and US diplomatic teams are “actively” working to set up a meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump at the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York, according to press briefing by Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi.

Tykhyi said Zelenskyy’s visit will include dozens of bilateral negotiations and engagements with US legislators, business leaders and the Ukrainian community in the US.

Zelenskyy and Trump last met at the White House in July in a much-anticipated encounter after a heated 2025 televised meeting at the Oval Office ended abruptly, with US Vice President JD Vance calling Zelenskyy “disrespectful” for not thanking the US for its support for Ukraine.

As Ukrainian officials were preparing for the UN visit, a Russian drone strike on a bus killed at least five people and injured seven others on Wednesday in the city of Nikopol near the southern Ukraine front line.

The number of civilians killed in Ukraine has increased sharply this year , according to the UN, amid an escalation in Russian strikes. At least 1,396 civilians were killed and 7,978 wounded in Ukraine during the first six months of 2026, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, a 37 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.

Along with the Iran conflict, the war in Ukraine is also having an impact on diesel prices, according to the International Energy Agency.

Last week, Trump urged Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were to blame for a global fuel shortage that was driving up prices, not the war with Iran.

And on Sunday, Trump said the increase in the price of diesel “isn’t done by the Middle East, this is done by what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine”.

Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to halt its attacks on Russian territory if the US can secure a commitment from Moscow to not hit Ukrainian infrastructure.

随着油价飙升，特朗普敦促寻求结束乌克兰与俄罗斯战争的方案。

2026年7月8日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在土耳其安卡拉举行的北约峰会期间会见了乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基。[Win McNamee/Getty Images]

各方正在努力安排美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在下周联合国大会期间举行一次“有意义的”会晤。

据乌克兰外交部发言人赫奥尔希·蒂赫伊在新闻发布会上表示，乌克兰和美国的外交团队正在“积极”努力安排泽连斯基和特朗普在纽约举行的第81届联合国大会期间会面。

泰赫伊表示，泽连斯基此次访问将包括数十场双边会谈，以及与美国立法者、商界领袖和在美乌克兰社区的接触。

泽连斯基和特朗普上次在白宫会面是在7月，这是一次备受期待的会面。此前，两人在椭圆形办公室举行的关于2025年的电视会议气氛紧张，但会议突然结束，美国副总统万斯称泽连斯基“不尊重人”，因为他没有感谢美国对乌克兰的支持。

在乌克兰官员准备访问联合国之际，周三，俄罗斯无人机袭击了乌克兰南部前线附近的尼科波尔市的一辆公共汽车，造成至少 5 人死亡，7 人受伤。

据联合国称，随着俄罗斯空袭升级，今年乌克兰平民死亡人数急剧上升。联合国驻乌克兰人权监测团的数据显示，2026年上半年，乌克兰至少有1396名平民丧生，7978人受伤，比上年同期增长37%。

国际能源署表示，除了伊朗冲突之外，乌克兰战争也对柴油价格产生了影响。

上周，特朗普敦促泽连斯基停止对俄罗斯柴油基础设施的袭击，称造成全球燃料短缺和价格上涨的罪魁祸首是这些袭击，而不是与伊朗的战争。

周日，特朗普表示，柴油价格上涨“并非中东造成的，而是俄罗斯和乌克兰局势造成的”。

泽连斯基表示，如果美国能够确保莫斯科承诺不袭击乌克兰的基础设施，乌克兰准备停止对俄罗斯领土的袭击。