“During a telephone conversation on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reported to European leaders that he did not intend to discuss the possible distribution of the territory during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this week, NBC News reported two European officials and three other persons who were informed about the conversation. According to the TV channel, Trump said in a conversation, which was also attended by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that he was going to meet with Putin to provide a truce in Ukraine. According to sources, Trump and European leaders agreed that before the peace talks, it was necessary to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine, some European leaders have been suffered by Trump that Trump is not very optimistic about the results of his meeting with Putin. Two European officials and three other persons who were informed of a telephone conversation on Wednesday stated that all leaders agreed that Ukraine should be included in negotiations and it should decide what territorial concessions it can make. According to one of the sources, the achievement of the truce is expected to be a priority for Trump at the meeting. Another person expressed confidence that the territory of Ukraine will not be the subject of negotiations without Ukraine. Foreign Minister of France Jean-Noel Barro on the social network also wrote that during a conversation President Trump made clear to Ukraine and his allies that he would demand from Putin unconditional cease ceasefire, that territorial negotiations will take place only in the presence of Zelensky. France, the United Kingdom and Germany.”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the TV channel, Trump said in a conversation, which was also attended by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that he was going to meet with Putin to provide a truce in Ukraine.
According to sources, Trump and European leaders agreed that before the peace talks, it was necessary to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine, some European leaders have been suffered by Trump that Trump is not very optimistic about the results of his meeting with Putin.
Two European officials and three other persons who were informed of a telephone conversation on Wednesday stated that all leaders agreed that Ukraine should be included in negotiations and it should decide what territorial concessions it can make.
Foreign Minister of France Jean-Noel Barro on the social network also wrote that during a conversation President Trump made clear to Ukraine and his allies that he would demand from Putin unconditional cease ceasefire, that territorial negotiations will take place only in the presence of Zelensky. France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Trump’s consultations with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders took place on August 13, a few days before the meeting of US and Russia leaders in Alaska. The US President called them “very good.”
European and Ukrainian officials were concerned about meeting the president with the Russian leader since its announcement last week. Among their fears are that Trump and Putin can agree on the parameters of a peace agreement, including territorial divisions, and then try to force Ukraine to agree to it. Trump’s comments last week that there will be some territories between Russia and Ukraine, in particular, embarrassed by Zelensky and European leaders.
On August 11, Donald Trump assumed the possibility of “some exchange of territories” between Ukraine and Russia, and expressed dissatisfaction with the remarks of Ukraine’s leadership about the need for constitutional approval in this case.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Vladimir Putin said Trump Steve Vitcoff, who would agree to a full ceasefire, “if Ukraine would remove troops from all over the Donetsk region.” Subsequently, as reported by The Washington Post, a confirmation was confirmed that Putin was not ready to give up claims on Russia’s captured territory in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will not give its territories to Russia. It was not invited to the summit on Alaska, but the US administration and President Donald Trump remain in touch with Ukrainian and European leaders.