European leaders come together behind Ukraine as the White House open to invite Zelenskyy to Trump-Poutin meeting

A coalition of European nations joined behind Ukraine on Saturday, saying that the Russia-Ukraine War It cannot be resolved without kyiv, before a planned meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin who currently does not include the leader of Ukraine.

The statement, signed by the president of the European Union and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Finland and the United Kingdom, declared that the “path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine.”

The group emphasized the need for a “fair and lasting peace” for kyiv, including “robust and credible” security guarantees.

“Ukraine has the freedom of choice on his own destiny. Significant negotiations can only take place in the context of a high fire or the reduction of hostilities,” said the statement.

The declaration of the main European leaders, who also said that “welcoming President Trump to stop the murder in Ukraine, occurred after Trump announced that he would meet with Putin one by one in Alaska on Friday, August 15, after weeks of pressure In Russia to reduce a high fire agreement. It is the first face to face between Putin and an American leader from the large -scale invasion of Russia of Ukraine began at the beginning of 2022.

Two sources told News themezone Saturday that Trump is still willing to meet together with Zelenskyy and Putin, but the meeting currently remains bilateral, as Putin requested.

Trump also said last week that he expects “some exchange of territories” between Ukraine and Russia. The Russian army occupies large parts of eastern Ukraine, and Russia has indicated that it wants Ukraine to quote those territories, that Zelensky has retreated.

Europeans wrote in their statement: “We remain committed to the principle that international borders should not be changed by force. The current contact line must be the starting point of the negotiations.”

Zelenskyy thanked the Europeans for their statement, saying in an X publication that is “grateful to all those who are with Ukraine.” The Ukrainian President previously The planned Putin-Trump summit, writing that any peace agreement that excludes Ukraine “will never work”.

Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance met on Saturday with the high European and Ukrainian officials at the weekend residence of British Foreign Secretary to discuss how to put an end to war.

The Trump-Poutin meeting can be fundamental in a war that began when Russia invaded its western neighbor and has taken tens of thousands of deaths, although there is no guarantee that it will stop fighting since Moscow and Kyiv remain very separated into their conditions for peace.

An impulse led by a month to achieve a truce in Ukraine so far has proven fruitless, with kyiv according to in principle, while Moscow has resisted the terms more of its taste.

Trump had also uploaded an ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary rates aimed at countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin did not advance towards an agreement. The deadline was Friday. The White House did not answer questions on Saturday about possible sanctions.

The Kremlin earlier this week reiterated the demands that Ukraine renounces the territory, abandons his attempt to join NATO and accept limits in his army, in exchange for a withdrawal of the Russian troops from the rest of the country.

Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukraine “will not give Russia any prize for what he has done” and that “the Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupant.”

Ukrainian officials previously told News in private that kyiv would be susceptible to a peace agreement that in fact would recognize Ukraine’s inability to recover the militarily lost territories. But Zelenskyy insisted on Saturday that the earth formally yielded was out of discussion.

• JD Vance
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