“According to AXIOS, US President Donald Trump said he seeks to organize a tripartite meeting with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin next Friday, August 22.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Axios with reference to sources
Details: According to the publication, Trump reported this on Saturday in conversation with Zelensky and European leaders after his meeting with Putin.
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Literally: “As AXIOS reported, Trump told Zelensky and other participants in the conversation that he wanted to hold a tripartite summit” quickly “, already on August 22. Putin did not publicly undertake such a meeting.”
Details: Trump’s conversation and his special envoy Steve Witcoff informed Zelensky and leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, NATO and the European Commission on Putin’s position.
They said that Putin demanded that Ukraine be given two of the four regions claimed by Russia (Donetsk and Lugansk), and freeze the front line in Kherson and Zaporizhia. The publication reminds that Russia controls almost the entire Luhansk region, but only about three quarters of Donetsk.
According to one source, Putin presented his willingness to stop promotion in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions as a concession in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk region, but in fact Russia has not reached its promotion in these regions for some time.
According to the Ukrainian source, the US side has the impression that Putin is ready for negotiations on small areas of Sumy and Kharkiv regions under the control of Russia.
Putin also asked the US to recognize the sovereignty of In the parts of Ukraine it will receive under the peace agreement, the source reports.
According to the interlocutor of the publication, Putin really stated his readiness to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine. But he mentioned China As one of the possible guarantors, perhaps hinting that it will be against the security forces of NATO troops.
According to the Ukrainian official, Ukraine was encouraged by the fact that Trump supported the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine during a telephone conversation after meeting with Putin, but he noted that the issue was not discussed in detail and would be discussed during Zelensky’s visit to the White House.
That preceded: According to The New York Times, during a conversation with Trump on Alaska, Putin insisted on the guarantees of granting Russian official status in Ukraine and the safety of Russian Orthodox churches, and now refuses to meet Zelensky.
Prehistory:
- The meeting of US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin ended on August 15 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. According to Reuters, Zelensky rejected this requirement.