The New York Post, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda, says Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin plan to meet on November 19 alongside the APEC forum in Shenzhen. If it takes place, it would be the first three-way meeting of the US, Chinese and Russian leaders. But the reported agenda does not support presenting the gathering as talks over Ukraine’s future.
According to an unnamed White House official cited by the New York Post, the discussion is expected to focus mainly on preparing a nuclear arms-control agreement. The source also said Iran’s war and North Korea could be discussed. The supplied report does not identify Russia’s war against Ukraine as an agenda item.
That distinction matters. A conversation among Washington, Beijing and Moscow about nuclear risk would carry its own weight because those states are central to global strategic stability. Yet arms control is not the same as negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Treating the reported summit plan as evidence that Ukraine will be discussed, or that decisions will be made without Kyiv, would add claims that the current reporting does not provide.
The wider context explains why the question arises. In October, The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin had proposed a meeting with Trump and Xi to discuss ending the war in Ukraine; Trump later said he was willing to meet them. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine’s future cannot be discussed without Ukraine. Those earlier statements, however, do not establish the agenda of the meeting now reported by the New York Post.
The strongest counterargument is straightforward: a meeting involving all three leaders could expand beyond its stated focus. That is possible. But the supplied material includes no official schedule from the United States, China or Russia, and it does not say Ukraine will be on the agenda. Until such details emerge, the significance of this report is the proposed nuclear-arms discussion, not an assumed Ukraine settlement.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda, citing the New York Post.
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- Українська правда · Source date: 2026-11-14
Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-14