President Donald Trump on Friday said that he expects to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sometime next week, and that he will also speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine. 

The comment comes after Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House earlier this week, to discuss the war in Gaza. Trump also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.

The president did not specify what day the meeting with Zelensky would take place, or whether the conversation with Russia would take place next week, but said the meeting would likely occur in Washington, D.C., because he would not travel to Kyiv, per CNN.

“I will probably be meeting with President Zelensky next week, and I will probably be talking to President Putin. I’d like to see that war end,” Trump told reporters from the White House. “One of the things we’re looking at with President Zelensky is having the security of their assets. We’re also asking President Zelensky for the security of putting all this money up."

Trump has said that future military aid for Ukraine could depend on access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits.

Zelensky also told Reuters that in a previous meeting with Trump he said it would be in Trump’s interest to contribute to Ukraine’s defense in order to prevent Russia from mining these resources, as part of Zelensky’s so-called “victory plan.”

The meeting will take place the same week that Zelensky is scheduled to travel to Germany for the Munich Security Conference. Vice President JD Vance, and U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, will attend on the United States' behalf, but Trump is not currently expected to go.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.