Zelenskyy To Speak To Trump Ahead Of Putin Summit

Berlin/Kyiv, August 13 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Two days before meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald visited Berlin on Wednesday for a virtual meeting with European leaders and German leaders.

European leaders have been trying to take the dangers of selling their interests at Kiev’s first US-Russia summit since 2021.

Trump said that Alaska talks would be a “felt” meeting while pursuing a ceasefire in Moscow. War to UkraineLast week, in surprise in Kiev and Europe, after saying that any agreement would include a little change of regions ..

Zelenskyy The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was shook hands before the bilateral talks.

Two men will attend a video conference with the leaders of Finland, France, England, Italy, Poland and the European Union at 14:00 (1200 GMT). NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will also participate.

Trump and Vice President JD Vance will participate in the call at 15:00 (1300 GMT).

“They will talk to European leaders in a short time. Great people who want to make an agreement.”

The unpredictability of the summit in Alaska can make extensive decisions on the heads of the United States and Russia, and even Ukraine Negative agreement.

“We are focusing to make sure that this is not happening – interacting with US partners and coordinated and united on the European side,” he said.

European leaders who angry Trump, emphasizing that there should be no agreement about Ukraine, they welcomed their efforts again and again. fifth The occupation of Russia – without the participation of Ukraine.

Trump’s administration tempted expectations on Tuesday, and said that he would have a “listening exercise” to hear journalists to hear what to do to reach an agreement to the summit.

Trump’s agreement last week to the summit was a sudden change after disappointing with Putin to resist the US Peace Initiative. Trump said that his ambassador made “big progress” during the talks in Moscow.

He told Reuters, the half dozen senior European official, said they saw the risk of an unfavorable agreement for the safety of Europe and Ukraine. They said that if this was, the European Union would be vital.

After the meeting with Trump, a group of countries working on the plans to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire will be gathered online online.

A Gallup survey published last week found that 69% of Ukrainians preferred the end of the negotiation as soon as possible. However, surveys also show that Ukrainians do not want peace at any cost if they mean overwhelming concessions.

In front of the calls, Zelenskyy It would be impossible for Kiev to accept an agreement that requires him to withdraw from the Eastern Donbas region, which is already invading a large home by Russia.

On Tuesday, he told reporters, he said he would deprive Ukraine of a large defense network in the region and alleviate a Russian -Russian pushing way in the future.

Authorized, regional problems can only be discussed when there is a ceasefire and Ukraine’s security guarantees have been receiving security guarantees.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexei Fadaev said that Moscow’s stance has not changed since it was determined by Putin In June 2024.

As a prerequisite for the beginning of a ceasefire and negotiations, the Kremlin leader Ukraine demanded that Ukraine to withdraw from the four regions that Russia claimed but did not fully control and to officially give up their plans to join NATO.

Kyiv quickly rejected the equivalent conditions with surrender.

(Lili Bayer in Brussels, Madeline Chambers in Berlin, Yuliia Dysa in Kiev and Steve Holland in Washington; Tom Balmforth;