Europeans demand a ceasefire before Trump summits with Putin and Zelensky

The highest -level European leaders told Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, calling the US president to “put pressure on Russia üzere in order to end the war, and the negotiations need to accept to take a ceasefire in Ukraine before the negotiations can proceed to an official peace agreement.

There was a historical talent at the meeting A hurry of diplomatic activities after the summit of Trump last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the President of the NATO and the NATO Secretary General and the President of the European Commission, led to widespread fears on the fate of the US security support.

Trump first met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office, and in February, the last, after the disaster meetings, a gentle tone hit. This time, Trump emphasized his “love” for the people of Ukraine and the commitment to provide security guarantees in the final peace agreement with Russia for Kiev.

Zelensky offered Trump only praise and gratitude and told reporters that they had just held “best” meetings.

However, a meeting with Zelensky and German Chancellor, France and Finland presidents, the United Kingdom and Italian Prime Minister and the NATO and the European Commission presidents pointed to a more challenging path for the developing peace effort.

“The next step is more complex steps,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said. “The road is open – you opened it, but now we want to see a ceasefire from the next meeting at the latest.”

“I can’t imagine that the next meeting will take place without a ceasefire, Mer Merz added Merz. “So let’s work on it. And let’s put pressure on Russia.”

French President Emmanuel Macron sat hard at the beginning of the meeting before repeating Merz’s call.

“A ceasefire, a ceasefire, or at least the idea of stopping the murders, Mac Macron said,“ It is a necessity, and we all support this idea. ”

Trump agreed with European colleagues about the necessity of a ceasefire for months. Zelensky first accepted one in March. However, Putin rejected the Russian advantages on the battlefield, and on Friday, he convinced Trump to leave his calls for stopping immediately in Anchorage.

“While working on a permanent peace, we all prefer a ceasefire when working on a permanent peace. Maybe it could be something like this – Trump said at the meeting. “But President Zelensky and President Putin can talk a little more about this.”

Orum I don’t know it’s necessary, Tr Trump added. “You can do this during the war. But I love the ceasefire from another perspective – you stop killing immediately.”

All European leaders stressed that they shared their desire for peace to Trump. However, the President of the Commission Ursula von Der Luyen called for a “fair çalış peace and Zelensky would not join the public with journalists at the central request of Putin: the surrender of the wide areas of Ukraine to Russian control.

Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, invaded the Crimean Peninsula in a secret operation and financed an attack on the eastern region of Donbas using Proxy forces. However, in 2022, he started a full -scale invasion of the whole country and II. It has led to the most bloody conflict in Europe since World War II.

In an instant of a warm microphone, Trump said that before leaving the meeting with European leaders, Macron believes that the Russian president and former KGB officer would accept a peace agreement because of his personal relations.

“He wants to make an agreement for me,” he said, “As it looks like”.

‘Article 5 similar’ guarantees

European leaders, for Ukraine and for Europe more broadly for US security guarantees, Ukraine, the US troops in the future of the meeting on Monday, including the possibility of implementing any future peace settlement, he said.

When asked if the US forces would be involved, Trump did not ignore it, he said, “We will talk about it.”

“When it comes to security, there will be a lot of help, Ov he said at the Oval Office. “They will be fine. They are the first line of defense, because they are there – Europe. But we will help them. We will join.”

Von Der Luyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump called the “Article 5 -like” security guarantees for Ukraine, and said that the attack on a member of the North Atlantic Treaty was an attack on a member.

However, the provision also gives the countries in the alliance a wide discretion that it will not receive military response to an attack on a member.

Starmer and Macron stated that they were willing to send British and French troops to Ukraine for months. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Moscow’s NATO troops will oppose the deployment of the country as “provocative” and “reckless” and will create a potential slit of negotiations.

President Trump is walking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House and Monica Crowley, the White House protocol.

(Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

Despite the gap between Europe and Russia, Trump expressed his hope that he could probably plan a three -sided meeting with Putin and Zelensky during the day. In his statement to journalists, he planned to call Putin shortly after the European leaders left the White House.

Trump’s team invited to attend negotiations in Alaska on Friday and said that Zelensky was willing to attend a three -sided meeting. He repeated his interest in Trump on Monday and asked him to join.

However, Moscow has not yet made a triple summit. Before the meeting on Friday, Russian officials said that the conditions for direct talks between Putin and the President of Ukraine were not correct. The Russian leader has repeatedly questioned Zelensky’s legitimacy and tried to assassinate him many times.

Quiet in regional ‘swaps’

In the oval office, a FOX News correspondent Zelensky asked Zelensky if he mi whether he continued to send Ukrainian troops to his death ”, or instead he would“ re -draw the maps ”. Ukrainian President was disturbed.

Uz We live under attacks every day, Z Zelensky replied. “We need to stop this war to stop Russia. And we need support – American and European partners.”

Trump and his team adopted the position of Putin that Donetsk, who was under the control of Ukraine, which was a part of the Ukraine region, which Russia was forced to occupy Russia and probably under the control of Ukraine, to end the struggle. However, European officials remained silent on this idea on Monday.

The Ukrainian Constitution prohibits the privilege of the region without supporting a public referendum, and the surveys show that 3 of the 4 Ukrainian left the land to end the war.

Steve Witkoff, the president’s ambassador of Special Tasks, said Putin agreed to pass the legislation that will guarantee the termination of conquest wars in Ukraine or other parts of Europe through the Kremlin.

However, Russia has made similar commitments before.

In 1994, the United States and the UK signed an agreement with Ukraine and Russia in Budapest, which guaranteed seemingly guarantee security for Kiev and promised to honor Ukraine’s regional integrity. In contrast, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons.