European colleagues have ralled behind Ukraine in a renewed bounce of support, insisting that Kiev should be involved in any peace talks with Russia.
This comes when Donald Trump prepares to interact with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
“Ukraine cannot be decided by a joint statement issued by leaders of the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and European Commission.”
It is concerned that Ukraine will not be invited for his peace talks, President Volodimier Zelanski said that no agreement would be “dead decisions” without any agreement without Kiev.
Late on Saturday, a White House official said that Trump Putin and Zelanski would be ready to hold a tripartite meeting – but for now, it is only both of them, which was initially requested by the Russian leader.
Trump has earlier suggested that he can only start meeting with Putin, asking reporters that he has planned to “start with Russia”. But the US President also said that he believes that “we have a tripartite meeting with both Putin and Zelanski” a shot on “.
Would Putin agree that it is not clear-Russian and Ukrainian leaders have not met face to face because Putin started the entire scale of Ukraine over three years ago.
Speaking on Friday, Trump also suggested that some territories would be swapped “to reach an agreement for Moscow and Kiev” – to which Zelancesi strongly reacted.
On Telegram, he said, “We will not reward Russia.” “Any decision against us, any decision without Ukraine, there are also decisions against peace.”
He said, “Russians … still implement the idea of exchanging the Ukrainian region for the Ukrainian region, with consequences that guarantee more convenient positions for Russians to resume the war,” he clearly added.
BBC American media partner CBS has reported that the White House is trying to accept European allies, including Russia to include the entire Donbas region in eastern Ukraine and keep the Crimean Peninsula.
On the other hand, Ukraine and European powers presented their blueprint to Trump and his top officials to end the war, Wall Street Journal has reportedThis includes demands that any region can only be exchanged in a mutual way – so if Ukraine comes out of some areas, Russia should withdraw from others.
European leader, In his statement released late Saturday nightEmphasized that “international borders should not be replaced by force”.
“Ukraine has freedom of choice on his fate,” he said, saying that his nation will continue to support military, military and economically Ukraine.
Leaders also stated that a “diplomatic solution” is important, not only to protect Ukraine – but also the security of Europe.
It is not just Ukraine that is struggling to be a part of Alaska’s meeting.
European allies are also concerned about the lack of their impact on the result of any agreement that can reach with Trump Putin.
In a post on X on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed concern leaving European partnership about Russia and America.
“Europeans will also be part of the necessary solution, as their own safety is at stake,” he wrote.
Europe has taken a difficult outlook for Moscow – including banning Russian institutions and providing military assistance to Ukraine.
Zelansky said he told Macron in a phone call on Saturday that the key was to ensure that “the Russians do not get to cheat anyone again”.
The Ukrainian leader said, “We all need the real end of war and reliable security foundations for Ukraine and other European countries.”
American diplomacy with Europe and Ukraine fell to Vice President JD Vance on Saturday, when visited the UK and interacted with two top colleagues from Foreign Secretary David Lemy as well as Zelanski’s two top colleagues.
Thanking Vance for the discussion, Andrey Yarmak, head of Zelancesi’s office, emphasized the need to include Ukraine.
“A reliable, permanent peace is possible only with Ukraine on the table of talks,” he said. “A ceasefire is necessary – but the frontline is not a limit.”
The summit in Alaska, the region in which Russia sold to the US in 1867, would be the first among the US and Russian presidents, as the biden who met Putin in Geneva in June 2021.
Nine months later, Moscow sent troops to Ukraine.
In 2022, the Kremlin announced anxation of four Ukrainian regions – Donnetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhajia and Kherson – despite not having complete control over them.
Moscow has failed to achieve a decisive success in its full scale invasion, but occupies a large swath in the eastern region of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian crime is not able to push the Russian forces back.
