“According to Reuters, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a conversation with US President Donald Trump rejected the request of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin to give Russia the rest of Donetsk region in exchange for freezing the front in other areas.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: British Agency Reuters with reference to sources
Details: As the source reported, during a conversation with Zelensky Trump reported that Putin suggested “freeze most of the front lines” if Ukraine gave the aggressor the entire Donetsk region.
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“Zelensky rejected this requirement, the source said,” the material reads.
Reuters sources also confirmed that European leaders were invited to participate in Trump and Zelensky talks on Monday.
That precededEarlier on Saturday, the American edition of The New York Times also reported that Zelensky and European leaders strongly opposed Ukraine’s concession to the unoccupied lands of Donetsk region containing important defensive lines and minerals rich.
Prehistory:
- The meeting of US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin ended without reaching agreements or declaring a ceasefire in Ukraine, despite the statement of “significant progress”.
- After meeting in Alaska, Trump stated that he had agreed with Putin to exchange territories and “Zelensky should accept it.”
- The media became known that Trump allegedly told Ukraine and Europeans that Putin wanted to speak immediately about the conditions of end of the war, not a pause in fighting, and Trump believes that it would be better.
- On Saturday, Trump had a conversation with Zelensky and then with him and with European leaders after negotiations with Putin. Zelensky reported that he would meet Trump in Washington on August 18.
- According to Bloomberg, during a conversation with European leaders and Zelensky Trump stated that Putin continues to demand the release of Ukrainian troops from all over Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but is ready to freeze the front in Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions.