“Dick Schoof emphasized that in order to achieve lasting peace, it is important that no decisions regarding Ukraine are made without the participation of Ukrainians”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Europe must accelerate, strengthen and consolidate our joint support for Ukraine for the long term. We have just discussed again in the Coalition of the Willing the latest state of affairs in the peace negotiations. The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, is in the Netherlands on a state visit and joined me during the video conference,” he wrote on Kh.
Schoof emphasized that in order to achieve lasting peace, it is important that no decisions regarding Ukraine be made without the participation of Ukrainians.
“It is also extremely important that NATO and Europe are closely involved in the decision-making process on issues that affect us, such as security guarantees, sanctions and frozen funds. In addition, it is necessary to continue close cooperation with the United States,” said the Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, also announced the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing.
“We are working to ensure that security guarantees include serious components of European deterrence and are reliable, and it is important that the US is with us and supports it. No one is interested in a third Russian invasion. And now defense support for Ukraine is especially important, because Russia does not stop attacks, and there must be more protection of life in order for diplomacy to work,” he wrote in a telegram.
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Last week, American representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin regarding the parameters of a possible peace agreement in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Later, Putin confirmed that during a meeting with Witkoff and Kushner on December 2, Russian representatives did not agree with part of the points of the American plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.
After this meeting, the Ukrainian delegation in the US continued negotiations with representatives of the Trump administration, which lasted several days.
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In an interview with Politico published on December 9, Trump, commenting on the peace talks, said that Russia is now “without a doubt” in a stronger negotiating position than Ukraine. Trump noted that he advises Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to the American peace initiative, which involves significant concessions on the part of Ukraine.
Ukrainian and European officials remain highly skeptical that Russia is truly seeking peace, even though Trump has said he believes Putin is serious.
The American Institute for the Study of War has previously repeatedly stated that the Kremlin is not disposed to honest peace negotiations and has no intention of making concessions in pursuit of Ukraine’s surrender.