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Trump and Putin cite progress however supply few particulars
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Putin sticks to Russia’s long-held stance on Ukraine
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Trump says Zelenskiy ‘gotta make a deal’
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Supply says Putin demanding management of whole Donetsk area
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Zelenskiy restates he is prepared to satisfy Putin
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Europeans say they are going to keep or improve stress on Russia
By Steve Holland, Andrew Osborn and Yuliia Dysa
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV, – U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday Ukraine ought to make a deal to finish the warfare with Russia as a result of “Russia is a really large energy, and so they’re not”, after internet hosting a summit the place Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded extra Ukrainian land.
In a subsequent briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a supply accustomed to the dialogue cited Trump as saying the Russian chief had supplied to freeze most entrance traces if Kyiv’s forces ceded all of Donetsk, the economic area that’s certainly one of Moscow’s important targets.
Zelenskiy rejected the demand, the supply mentioned. Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, together with about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.
Trump additionally mentioned he had agreed with Putin {that a} peace deal needs to be sought with out the prior ceasefire that Ukraine and its European allies, till now with U.S. help, have demanded.
Zelenskiy mentioned he would meet Trump in Washington on Monday, whereas Kyiv’s European allies welcomed Trump’s efforts however vowed to again Ukraine and tighten sanctions on Russia. The supply mentioned European leaders had additionally been invited to attend Monday’s talks.
Trump’s assembly with Putin in Alaska on Friday, the primary U.S.-Russia summit since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, lasted simply three hours.
“It was decided by all that one of the best ways to finish the horrific warfare between Russia and Ukraine is to go on to a Peace Settlement, which might finish the warfare, and never a mere Ceasefire Settlement, which regularly instances don’t maintain up,” Trump posted on Reality Social.
RUSSIA LIKELY TO WELCOME TRUMP’S SHIFT
His varied feedback on the assembly can be welcomed in Moscow, which says it needs a full settlement – not a pause – however that this can be advanced as a result of positions are “diametrically opposed”.
Russia’s forces have been progressively advancing for months. The warfare – the deadliest in Europe for 80 years – has killed or wounded nicely over 1,000,000 folks from either side, together with hundreds of principally Ukrainian civilians, in line with analysts.
Earlier than the summit, Trump had mentioned he wouldn’t be completely satisfied except a ceasefire was agreed on. However afterwards he mentioned that, after Monday’s talks with Zelenskiy, “if all works out, we are going to then schedule a gathering with President Putin”.
Monday’s talks will evoke reminiscences of a gathering within the White Home Oval Workplace in February, the place Trump and Vice President JD Vance gave Zelenskiy a brutal public dressing-down.
Zelenskiy mentioned he was prepared to satisfy Putin.
However Putin signalled no motion in Russia’s long-held positions on the warfare, and made no point out in public of assembly Zelenskiy. His aide Yuri Ushakov advised the Russian state information company TASS a three-way summit had not been mentioned.
In an interview with Fox Information’ Sean Hannity, Trump signalled that he and Putin had mentioned land transfers and safety ensures for Ukraine, and had “largely agreed”.
“I believe we’re fairly near a deal,” he mentioned, including: “Ukraine has to comply with it. Perhaps they will say ‘no’.”
Requested what he would advise Zelenskiy to do, Trump mentioned: “Gotta make a deal.”
“Look, Russia is a really large energy, and so they’re not,” he added.
NEED FOR SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE
Zelenskiy has persistently mentioned he can not concede territory with out adjustments to Ukraine’s structure, and Kyiv sees Donetsk’s “fortress cities” similar to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk as a bulwark towards Russian advances into much more areas.
Zelenskiy has additionally insisted on safety ensures for Kyiv, to discourage Russia from invading once more sooner or later. He mentioned he and Trump had mentioned “constructive indicators from the American facet” on collaborating, and that Ukraine wanted a long-lasting peace, not “simply one other pause” between Russian invasions.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni mentioned probably the most fascinating developments of the summit involved safety ensures – impressed by the transatlantic NATO alliance’s Article 5.
“The start line of the proposal is the definition of a collective safety clause that may permit Ukraine to learn from the help of all its companions, together with the USA, able to take motion in case it’s attacked once more,” she mentioned.
Putin, who has hitherto opposed involving overseas floor forces, mentioned he agreed with Trump that Ukraine’s safety have to be “ensured”.
“I wish to hope that the understanding we have now reached will permit us to get nearer to that objective and open the way in which to peace in Ukraine,” Putin advised a briefing the place neither chief took questions.
“We count on that Kyiv and the European capitals … is not going to try and disrupt the rising progress…”
For Putin, the actual fact of sitting down with Trump represented a victory. He had been ostracised by Western leaders because the begin of the warfare, and only a week earlier had confronted a menace of recent sanctions from Trump.
‘1-0 FOR PUTIN’
Trump additionally spoke to European leaders after returning to Washington.
A number of confused the necessity to maintain stress on Russia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned an finish to the warfare was nearer than ever, due to Trump, however added: “… till stops his barbaric assault, we are going to maintain tightening the screws on his warfare machine with much more sanctions.”
A press release from European leaders mentioned “Ukraine will need to have ironclad safety ensures” and that no limits needs to be positioned on its armed forces or proper to hunt NATO membership – key Russian calls for.
Some European politicians and commentators have been scathing.
“Putin received his pink carpet therapy with Trump, whereas Trump received nothing. As feared: no ceasefire, no peace,” Wolfgang Ischinger, former German ambassador to Washington, posted on X.
“No actual progress – a transparent 1-0 for Putin – no new sanctions. For the Ukrainians: nothing. For Europe: deeply disappointing.”
Each Russia and Ukraine carried out in a single day air assaults, a each day incidence, whereas preventing raged on the entrance line.
Trump advised Fox he would postpone imposing tariffs on China for getting Russian oil, however that he might need to “give it some thought” in two or three weeks.
He ended his remarks after the summit by telling Putin: “We’ll communicate to you very quickly and doubtless see you once more very quickly.”
“Subsequent time in Moscow,” a smiling Putin responded in English. Trump mentioned he would possibly “get a bit of warmth on that one” however that he might “presumably see it occurring”.
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