Washington/Moscow/Kyiv (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said that on Saturday, Ukraine should conclude an agreement to end war with Russia, because “Russia is very great and not” after hosting the summit where Vladimir Putin allegedly demanded more Ukrainian land.
In the subsequent briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenkiy, a source that is familiar with Trump has said that the Russian leader offered to freeze most of the front -INIES if all Donetsk, an industrial area that is one of the main objectives in Moscow.
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Zelenskiy refused demand, said the source. Russia is already dominated by a fifth of Ukraine, including about three quarters of the Donetsk province that first entered in 2014.
Trump also said that he agreed with Putin that a peaceful agreement should be sought without a prior ceasefire that Ukraine and its European allies, up to the US support had so far been required.
Zelenskiy said he met on Monday in Washington, while Kyiv’s European allies welcomed Trump’s efforts, but promised to support Ukraine and tighten sanctions against Russia. The source said European leaders were also invited to participate in Monday’s interviews.
Trump’s meeting with Putin on Alaska on Friday, the first summit in the US-Rusko since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it took only three hours.
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“All of this was for the fact that the best way to end the terrible war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a peace agreement that would end the war, and not a mere agreement on a ceasefire that often does not hold,” Trump said on the social community.
Russia is likely to welcome Trump’s shift
His different comments on the meeting will be welcome in Moscow, which says he wants a full settlement – not a pause – but that it will be difficult because the positions are “diametrically against”.
The Russian forces gradually advanced for months. War – the deadliest in Europe for 80 years – according to analysts, killed or injured more than a million people from both sides, including thousands of mostly Ukrainian civilians.
Before the Trump summit, he said he wouldn’t be happy unless the ceasefire was agreed. But then he said that after Monday’s interviews with Zelenkiy: “If everything comes out, we will plan to meet with President Putin”.
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Monday’s interviews will make memories of a meeting in the White House’s oval office in February, where Trump and Vice President JD Vance gave Zeletski brutal public dressing.
Zelenskiy said he was willing to meet Putin.
Putin, however, signaled no movement in Russian long -term positions in the war and in public did not mention the meeting with Zelenskiy. His assistant Yuri Ushakov told the Russian State Intelligence agency TASS, which was not discussed by a three -way summit.
In an interview with Sean Hannita of Fox News, Trump signaled that he and Putin discussed land transfers and security guarantees for Ukraine and “agreed to a large extent”.
“I think we are quite close to the agreement,” he said, adding, “Ukraine must agree with it. Maybe they say” no “.”
Trump asked what he advised Zelenskiy, and said, “He must agree.”
“Look, Russia is a very great strength and there is no,” he added.
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The need for security guarantees for Ukraine
Zelenskiy constantly said that he could not admit territories without changes in the constitution of Ukraine and Kyiv sees Donetsk’s “fortress”, such as words of words and Kramatorsk, as walls against Russian progress to even more regions.
Zelenskiy also insisted on security guarantees for Kiev to discourage Russia from the invasion in the future. He said that he and Trump had discussed “positive signals from the American side” on participation and that Ukraine needed permanent peace, not “just another break” between Russian invasions.
The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the most interesting development of the summit security – inspired by Article 5 of the NATO transatlantic alliance.
“The starting point of the proposal is the definition of a collective security clause, which would allow Ukraine to benefit from the support of all its partners, including the US, ready to act in case of re -attacked,” she said.
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Putin, who has so far opposed the involvement of foreign ground forces, said he agreed to Trump that the security of Ukraine must be “secured”.
“I would like to hope that the understanding we have achieved will allow us to approach this goal and open the way to peace in Ukraine,” Putin Briefing said, where no leader was inserted.
“We expect Kyiv and European Capitals … They will not try to disrupt the progress …”
For Putin, the very fact was that he sat down with Trump, victory. Since the beginning of the war, the Western leader was expelled and only a week earlier faced the threat of new sanctions from Trump.
Trump also talked to European leaders after returning to Washington.
Several emphasized the need to keep pressure on Russia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the end of the war was closer to Trump than ever, but he added, “… until (Putin) stops his barbaric attack, we will constantly tighten the screws on his war machine even more sanctions.”
The statement of European leaders said that “Ukraine must have the security guarantees of IronClad” and that his armed forces or the right to seek NATO membership – key Russian requirements.
Some European politicians and commentators were scary.
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“Putin got the treatment of a red carpet with Trump while Trump had nothing. As he feared: no ceasefire, no peace,” said Wolfgang Ischinger, former German ambassador to Washington, X.
“No real progress-bright 1-0 for Putin-like new sanctions. For Ukrainians: Nothing. For Europe: deeply disappointment.”
Russia and Ukraine carried out air attacks overnight, everyday occurrence, while the fighting raged in the first line.
Trump told Fox that he would postpone Russian oil to buy tariffs, but that he could “think” about it in two or three weeks.
After the summit he ended his notes and said to Putin, “We’ll talk to you soon and will probably see you soon.”
“Next time in Moscow,” Putin replied in English. Trump said he could “get a little bit of a bit”, but to “see how it was going on.”
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