Europe allies urge Trump not to deal with Putin ‘without Ukraine’
The European allies gathered behind Ukraine with an increase of support, insisting that any peace meeting with Russia should include Kiev.
Donald Trump is preparing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
“Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine,” Ukraine, “Ukraine, can not be decided without Ukraine.” He said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that any of the agreements that Ukraine would not be invited to their own peace talks would be “dead decisions”.
On Saturday, a White House official said that Trump would be willing to have a triple meeting with both Putin and Zelensky – but for now, he continues to be just two, as initially requested by the Russian leader.
Trump suggested that he could only start by meeting with Putin and that he could tell journalists that he was planning to “start with Russia”. However, the President of the United States also said that he thought that we had a chance to “have a chance” to organize a three -sided meeting with Putin and Zelensky.
It is unclear whether Putin would accept this-Russian and Ukrainian leaders, Putin, more than three years ago, did not face Ukrainian invasion of an invasion of an invasion.
Speaking on Friday, Trump argued that Moscow and Kiev would have a strong amount of swaps for a certain amount of exchange for Zelensky.
“We will not reward Russia for continuing Russia,” he said. He continued: “Any decision against us, non -Ukraine decisions are decisions against peace.”
“The Russians … Still imposing the idea of ‘exchange’ for the Ukrainian region, with results that do not guarantee anything other than more appropriate positions for the Russians to continue the war.”
The BBC’s US media partner CBS reported that the White House was trying to shake the European allies to accept an agreement that would involve Russia’s entire Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine and to hold the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine and European forces presented their plans to end the war to Trump and senior officials. The Wall Street Journal reported. It includes demands that any region can only be changed mutually – if Ukraine is withdrawn from some regions, Russia should be withdrawn from others.
European leaders, In the statements published late on Saturday night“International borders should not be changed forcibly,” he stressed.
“Ukraine has freedom of election on its fate,” they said, emphasizing that their nations will continue to support Ukraine diplomatic, military and financially.
Leaders also said that a “diplomatic solution” is critical not only to protect Ukraine, but also to maintain the security of Europe.
The only Ukraine is the struggling to be a part of the Alaska meeting.
European allies are also worried about the lack of influence on any agreement with Trump’s Putin.
On Saturday, a mission in X, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed Russia and the US concerns excluding European participation.
“Europeans will be part of the solution because their security is in danger.”
Europe adopted a difficult approach to Moscow – including sanctions against Russian organizations and providing military aid to Ukraine.
Zelensky told Macron in a telephone conversation on Saturday that the key was to “be sure that the Russians did not deceive anyone again”.
“We need a real end for war and reliable security foundations for Ukraine and other European nations,” Ukrainian leader said. He said.
When Europe and Ukraine and US diplomacy visited England on Saturday, and Foreign Minister David Lammy and Zelensky met with two of the best assistants on Saturday.
Andriy Yermak, the president of Zelensky’s office, who thanked Vance for the discussions, stressed that Ukraine should be included.
“A reliable, permanent peace is only possible on the negotiation table with Ukraine,” he said. “The ceasefire is required – but the façade line is not a limit.”
The summit in Alaska, which Russia sold to the United States in 1867, would be the first among the US and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021.
Nine months later, Moscow sent troops to Ukraine.
In 2022, the Kremlin announced the annexation of the four Ukrainian regions (Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson).
Moscow could not achieve a decisive breakthrough in full -scale invasion, but occupying large areas of the eastern territory of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian attacks could not back the Russian forces.
