Trump-Zelensky Talks: Key Statements
Following his meeting with Ukraine’s Zelensky, US President Donald Trump declared that there are decent odds of finally ending the Ukrainian conflict.
He added that:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky want to resolve the Ukrainian conflict
- European leaders also want peace in the region
- Zelensky did not give a clear answer whether he is ready for territorial concessions
- An immediate ceasefire is not necessary to resolve the conflict
- Today’s meeting with Zelensky and European leaders is not final
- Ukraine will receive “very good” security but its NATO aspirations haven’t been discussed yet
- NATO will have to foot the bill for the US weapons for Ukraine
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Statements by UK Leadership on Ukraine After Alaska Summit Aim to Undermine Russia, US Peace Efforts
The statements made by UK leadership on Ukraine after the Alaska summit are clearly aimed at unvermining peace efforts of Russia and the US, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
Moscow confirms categorical unacceptability of any scenario involving the deployment of military contingent in Ukraine, in which NATO participates, the statement reads.
Russia confirms categorical unacceptability of any scenario involving the deployment of military contingent in Ukraine, in which NATO participates, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said.
The statements by the UK and European countries about the deployment of troops in Ukraine – incitement to continue hostilities, the statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.
UK’s policy leaves no chance for Ukraine to get out of the conflict peacefully, Zakharova emphasized.
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Expect Zelensky to Try to Sabotage Putin-Trump Peace Push, Ex-Russian Spy Warns
With Trump agreeing with Putin’s long-stated position that peace in Ukraine can only be achieved through a full-fledged peace deal, and not just a ceasefire, his main job will be convincing the Zelensky regime of the same, a task easier said than done, retired SVR lt. gen. Leonid Reshetnikov has told Sputnik.
“The biggest difficulty is of course the Zelensky regime…It’s very difficult to work with him, because he has staked everything on autocratic power, on solving all problems exclusively by force, both internal and external ones. He will resist to the end, because any decisions will require serious concessions, and could lead to a situation where he has to hold elections or lose power altogether,” retired SVR lt. gen. Leonid Reshetnikov has told Sputnik.
The same can be expected of the Europeans – Macron, Starmer and Merz, “who are still trying by all means to continue the war” to “weaken” Russia, Reshetnikov said.
Difficulties aside, the Alaska summit came at a crucial juncture, a time when the international situation is fraught with serious conflict. It was an exchange between “between sober-minded politicians,” geopolitical realists not bound by the prism of their own ideology or worldview, something that could not be said of Biden or the Europeans, the retired spy summed up.
The Americans sense this, according to the former spymaster, hence the tumultuous first meetings between Trump and Zelensky, which “went beyond the framework of diplomacy and meetings between leaders of state.”
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