A coalition of European countries said behind Ukraine on Saturday, Russia-Ukraine War Prior to a planned meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, it cannot be resolved without kev, which is not currently prescribed to include the Ukraine leader.
statementThe European Union President and signed by leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Finland and United Kingdom said that “the route for peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine.”
The group emphasized the need for “just and permanent peace” for the kiev, including the “strong and reliable” security guarantee.
The statement said, “Ukraine has freedom of choice on his fate. Sarthak dialogue can only be in the context of a ceasefire or lack of enmity,” the statement states.
Top European leaders’ statements-he also said that he welcomes President Trump’s work to stop the murder in Ukraine-Sri Trump announced that he would meet Putin in Alaska on Friday, August 15. We have a week pressure To cut a ceasefire deal in Russia. This is the first face-to-face meeting between Putin and an American leader as a full-scale invasion in Russia’s Ukraine began in early 2022.
Two sources told CBS News on Saturday that Mr. Trump is still ready to meet jointly with Zelansky and Putin – but the meeting is currently bilateral, as Putin requested.
Mr. Trump also said last week that he expects “exchange of some states” between Ukraine and Russia. The Russian Army occupies Eastern Ukraine and large parts of Russia is indicated It wants Ukraine to reduce the areas that Zelansky has pushed back.
Europeans wrote in their statement: “We are committed to the principle that international borders should not be replaced by force. The current line of contact should be the initial point of dialogue.”
Zelenskyy thanked the Europeans for his statement, Say in a post on x He is “grateful to everyone who stands with Ukraine.” Ukrainian President Before Brushing from the employed Putin-Tram Summit, writing that any peace deal excludes Ukraine “will never work.”
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance on Saturday met with top European and Ukrainian officials in the weekend of the British Foreign Secretary to discuss how to end the war.
The Trump-Putin meeting can prove to be important in a war that began when Russia attacked its western neighbor and thousands of people have died, although there is no guarantee that it would stop the fight as Moscow and Kiev are far away from their terms for peace.
A month -long US -led push to achieve a truss in Ukraine has proved fruitless so far, with the principle agreed in principle, while Moscow has excluded for terms as per its choice.
Mr. Trump also carried forward an ultimatum to impose additional restrictions on Russia and introduce countries targeting secondary tariffs that buy Russian oil if Kremlin did not move towards a settlement. The deadline was Friday. The White House on Saturday did not answer questions about possible sanctions.
Kremlin reiterated the demand earlier this week that Ukraine left the region, leaving his bid to accept the border in his army in return for joining the NATO and the return of Russian soldiers from the rest of the country.
Zelansky said on Saturday that Ukraine “would not give Russia no award for what he had done” and that “Ukrainians would not give their land to the occupier.”
Ukrainian officials had previously told The Associated Press privately that Kiev would be responsible for a peace deal that would actually recognize Ukraine’s inability to regain the lost areas of Ukraine. But on Saturday, Zelansky insisted that the formally seeding land was out of question.
