BBC Breakfast announces bombshell Trump update - but it's bad news for Zelensky

On Friday morning’s edition of BBC Breakfast, hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt discussed the latest developments in Donald Trump’s diplomatic talks involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to BBC’s update, President Trump is scheduled to meet Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington today, but there’s growing uncertainty surrounding Ukraine’s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles. The concern comes as Trump is also expected to hold face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin in Hungary within the next two weeks.

Naga Munchetty summarized the update, saying:

“President Trump said he will meet with President Putin in Hungary within two weeks for another round of direct talks on the war in Ukraine. This follows a recent phone call between the two leaders. President Zelensky commented that Moscow is rushing to the negotiating table to prevent the U.S. from supplying long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.”

During Thursday’s press conference, Trump addressed tensions between Putin and Zelensky, remarking:

“We have a problem. They don’t get along too well, those two. Sometimes it’s tough to have meetings. So we may do something where we are separate but equal. It’s a terrible relationship they have one of those things.”

Meanwhile, BBC correspondent John Sudworth, reporting live from Kyiv, noted that the announcement of a second Trump-Putin summit appeared to catch the Ukrainian side off guard.

“They were on their way to Washington when the phone call between Trump and Putin took place,” Sudworth explained. “There had been optimism that the White House was shifting more in Ukraine’s favor that President Trump was running out of patience with Vladimir Putin. But it seems his stance may be changing once again.”

Sudworth added that within hours of the announcement, Russia launched another wave of missile and drone attacks, including strikes in Zelensky’s hometown.

Zelensky later posted on social media:

“Russia’s true readiness for peace lies not in words we’ve heard plenty of those from Mr. Putin but in actually stopping the killings.”

According to Sudworth, Kyiv views Trump’s willingness to meet Putin again as a troubling signal, suggesting that the Russian leader may be gaining diplomatic ground rather than facing further pressure.

This development comes just eight months after a tense confrontation between Trump and Zelensky reportedly took place in the White House over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.