Donald Trump will support a plan aimed at giving in the unoccupied Ukrainian territory in Russia to ensure the end of the war between the two countries, it was reported on Saturday, after the details of his post-past-en call with European leaders disclosed.
Trump told European leaders that he thought that a peace agreement could be negotiated if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to give up the Donbas region, according to Russian invaders, he has not been able to seize for more than three years of fighting, citing the New York Times, citing two European officials.
Two sources with direct knowledge of talks in Alaska told the Guardian that Putin had asked Ukraine to withdraw from the Donbas, which is composed of the regions of Donestk and Luhansk, as a condition for ending the war, but offered Trump a frost along the remaining front line.
Although Luhansk is almost entirely under Russian control, Ukraine still holds key parts of Donetsk, including the cities of Kramatorsk and Slovians and highly fortified positions whose defense cost tens of thousands of lives.
Putin told Trump that in exchange for Donetsk and Luhansk, he would stop other advances and freeze the front line in the Ukrainian South Kherson and Zaporizhzhia region, where Russian forces occupy important areas.
Trump’s support for the famous Donbas region of Ukraine, which is rich in mineral resources, in particular coal and iron ore, in Russia, when he expressed his support to go directly to a peace agreement and not by a cease-fire, who, said Trump in an article on social networks on Saturday, “often, do not hold.”
Support in the United States to the famous Donbas to Russia represents a violation with Ukraine and the European allies who oppose such an agreement.
As part of an agreement, the United States is ready to be part of the security guarantees for Ukraine, the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz said on Saturday. Trump has threatened economic sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil if Moscow refuses an agreement and piloted American bombers on the Russian chief when he arrived in Alaska.
But the Ukrainian and European leaders fear that an agreement directly at the Peace, jumps a preliminary ceasefire, gives Moscow a hand in the talks. Zelensky is expected in Washington on Monday to meet Trump. The Europeans were invited to join the Ukrainian chief at the White House, officials at the New York Times said.
Trump said in his post on Saturday that “he was determined by everyone” that he was better to go directly to negotiate a peace agreement, although European leaders said it was not their opinion.
A joint statement published by European leaders said they were “ready to work with US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to a trilateral summit with European support”, but “it will be up to Ukraine to make decisions on its territory. International borders should not be modified by force ”.
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The declaration was signed by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; The French president, Emmanuel Macron; Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer; Finnish president Alexander Stubb; Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk; And the president of the European Council, António Costa.
They said they “welcomed President Trump’s efforts to arrest murder in Ukraine, put an end to the war of aggression of Russia and achieve a fair and lasting peace”.
Zelensky said in a statement after his conversations with Trump and European leaders: “The posts are clear. A real peace must be made, which will be durable, not just another break between the Russian invasions. The murders must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our infrastructure. returned. “”
European leaders, including Macron, Merz and Starmer, should discuss problems with Zelenskyy on Sunday by video call before his meeting with Trump, the French president’s office said in a statement.
