The leaders of President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski and several NATO countries were prepared to hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday before the Friday scheduled summit in Alaska between Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sri Trump is slapped to be at the White House.
The German government said that German Chancellor Frederick Merz would be involved in Zelanski Berlin.
Merz on Wednesday called a series of virtual meetings in an attempt to voice the European and Ukrainian leaders, listening to the summit, bypassing them.
Zelancesi is the first to meet with European leaders, preparing a virtual call about an hour later with Mr. Trump and Vice President Vance. A call between leaders of countries involved in the “alliance interested” – people who are ready to help the police in any future peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev – will be final.
Zelansky said on Wednesday that Ukraine and his colleagues should work together to push Russia to end their attack, the French news agency AFP said.
“Russia must be pressurized for a fair peace. We must learn from the experience of Ukraine and our colleagues to prevent deception from Russia. There is currently no indication that Russia is preparing to end the war,” Zelancesi said in a social media statement.
On Wednesday, Merz promised to help Ukraine develop its long -range missile system, which will be free from the boundaries imposed by any Western on its use and goals, as the Kiev government fights to retreat. Russia’s attack,
Mr. Trump has said that he wants to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about ending the war, now in his fourth year, describing Friday’s summit He can assess the intentions of the Russian leader as a “feel-out meeting”.
Nevertheless, Mr. Trump has disappointed colleagues in Europe saying that Ukraine will have to leave some Russian-accepted sector. He has also said that Russia should accept the land swap, although it was not clear what could be expected to surrender from Putin.
European colleagues have pushed Ukraine’s involvement in any peace talks, fearful that the discussions that exclude the Kiev may otherwise be favored by Moscow.
Mr. Trump on Monday gave frequent opportunities to say that he would push to participate in his discussion with Putin for Zelansky, and was dismissing Zelancesi and he needed to be a part of an attempt to take peace. Mr. Trump said that after Friday’s summit, a meeting can be arranged between Russian and Ukrainian leaders, or that it could also be a meeting with “Putin and Zelanski and I”.
Zelanski Warned that “talks about us, without us, will not work,
Ukrainian and European concerns
European and Ukraine areware of the fact that Putin, who has launched the largest land war in Europe since 1945 and can try to intimidate the European Union, secure favorable concessions and designed the peace deal without them.
The fear of many European countries is that Putin will set its places on one of them when winning in Ukraine.
Zelansky said on Tuesday that Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donnetsk region that it still controls a ceasefire deal as part of the deal, a proposal clearly rejected the leader.
Zelancesi reiterated that Ukraine would not control any region, saying that it would be unconstitutional and will only serve as a springboard for future Russian invasion.
He said that diplomatic discussions led by the US, focusing on ending the war, have not addressed the major Ukrainian demands, including security guarantee to prevent future Russian aggression and conversations including Europe and rehabilitation of Putin.
Trump-Putin Summit to be at Alaska military base
The summit between Mr. Trump and Putin will be the first in-person meeting between Putin and the sitting US President as Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago.
A senior White House official told CBS News on Tuesday that the meeting will be held on the northern edge of the ankrase at ElMendorf-Richardson. Given that it is a peak tourist season in Alaska, there were some viable options for hosting talks. Potential places for high-dot meeting were also required to meet security requirements.
White House press secretary Karolin Levitt told reporters on Tuesday that the mechanics of the meeting were still ironing. “
Levit described the meeting as “a listening practice for the President”.
“Only a party that is involved in this war is going to be present, and so it is for the President to go and again, again, for a more firm and better understanding of how we can end this war,” Levit said.
Speaking to reporters at the White House briefing room on Monday, Mr. Trump expressed optimism that his meeting with Putin would be “creative”, and said he plans to establish a meeting of a person associated with Putin and Zelansky.
“The next meeting will be with Zalensky and Putin or Zelansky and Putin and me,” said Mr. Trump.
Two sources, familiar with those talks, told CBS News on Tuesday that the US was working on a site for a Trump-Putin-Zelanceci meeting later next week.
