Getty imagesDonald Trump said he wanted to get around a ceasefire in Ukraine to move directly to a permanent peace agreement after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a major position of position, the American president declared on Truth Social after the summit on Friday that it would be “the best way to end the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine”, often adding ceasefies “do not hold”.
Trump will welcome Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, in Washington on Monday and urged him to accept a peace agreement.
After a phone call with Trump after the summit, Zelensky called for real lasting peace, while adding that “the fire must stop” and the murders stop.
Trump’s comments indicate a spectacular change in his position on how to end the war, having said that on Friday before the summit that he wanted a “quickly” ceasefire.
Ukraine’s main request was a rapid cease-fire before talking about a longer-term regulation, and Trump would have declared European leaders in advance that his objective for the summit was to obtain a cease-fire contract.
Meanwhile, Putin would have presented Trump an offer of peace that would force Ukraine to withdraw from the Donetsk region of Donbas, in exchange for Russia freeing the front lines in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Russia illegally annexed Crimea in Ukraine in 2014, then launched a large -scale invasion of the country eight years later. He claims donbas as Russian territory and controls most of Luhansk and around 70% Donetsk.
The American president, who previously declared that any peace agreement would imply “an exchange of territories”, would have relayed the offer to Zelensky in the call after the summit.
Barely a few days ago, the president of Ukraine excluded that control of the Donbas control – constituted the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk – saying that it could be used as a springboard for future Russian attacks.
The American partner of the BBC CBS reported, citing diplomatic sources, which European diplomats were concerned by Trump could try to put pressure on Zelensky on Monday to agree to treat the terms that he and Putin could have discussed at the top.
CBS cites sources as saying that Trump said to European leaders during a call after the summit that Putin would make “a few concessions”, but failed to specify what they were.
In an interview with Fox News after Friday summit Trump was invited to what advice he had for the Ukrainian leader, to whom he replied by saying “conclude an agreement”.
“Russia is a great power and that is not the case,” he added.
Getty imagesTrump had previously threatened with “very serious consequences” if Putin did not accept war last month, fixing a deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire or faces new difficult sanctions, including secondary prices.
Little was announced through one agreement by one or the other president after the summit on Friday, but Trump insisted that progress had been made.
On Saturday, Putin described the summit as “very useful” and said that he had been able to “define our position” to Trump.
“We had the opportunity, what we have done, to talk about Genesis, the causes of this crisis. It is the elimination of these deep causes which should be the basis of the regulation,” said the Russian president.
Meanwhile, the “coalition of willingly” – a group of countries that have undertaken to strengthen support for Ukraine which includes the United Kingdom, France and Germany – will appeal on Sunday afternoon before Zelensky’s visit to the White House on Monday.
Getty imagesA group of European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, have said that “the next stage must now be new talks, including President Zelensky”.
Managers said they were “ready to work” to a trilateral summit with European support.
“We are ready to maintain pressure on Russia,” they said, adding: “It will be up to Ukraine to make decisions on its territory. International borders should not be modified by force.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer congratulated Trump’s efforts to end the war, saying that they had “brought us closer to us”.
“Although progress has been made, the next step should be new talks involving President Zelenskyy. The path of peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without him,” he said.
And in Kyiv, the Ukrainians described feeling “crushed” by the scenes of Alaska.
“I understand that for the negotiations, you will shake your hand, you cannot simply slap Putin in the face when he arrives. But this spectacle with the red carpet and the kneeling soldiers is terrible, it makes no sense,” said Serhii Orlyk, a 50 -year -old veteran from the Eastern Donetsk region.
