European leaders express cautious optimism after Trump called before Putin’s meeting

German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz says that European leaders and Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski were being “constructive” with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before Trump’s planned meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Speaking alongside Zelinski, Mirz said after the video conference that “important decisions” can be taken in Morsi, but stressed that “European and basic Warrani security services” must be protected “at the meeting.

“If the United States of America is now working on peace in Ukraine, which protects European and Ukrainian interests, Trump can rely on our full support in this endeavor,” said Mirz.

Mirz held a series of virtual meetings on Wednesday in an attempt to obtain the voice of European and Ukraine leaders before the summit, which is said to take place in an American military installation.

Zelenskyy and leaders of European countries were marginalized from that summit.

When Zelenskyy visited the last time in Berlin in late May, Mirz pledged to help Ukraine to develop its long -range missile systems, which will be free of any West restrictions on use and targets.

Zelenskyy doubts Putin’s sincerity

Ukrainian President continued to express doubts about Putin’s desire to end the war, which started to invade Russia in February 2022.

“He is trying to exert pressure before meeting in Alaska all over the Ukrainian front. Russia is trying to show that it can occupy all Ukraine,” Zelinski said.

Zelinski said additional sanctions against Russia – Which Trump was hesitating in serving It is necessary to strike the “war economy in Russia”.

Trump said he wanted to see whether Putin is serious about ending the war, which is now in its fourth year.

“It will be a very important meeting,” Trump said in Washington on Wednesday. “But it sets the table for the second meeting – if the second meeting happens.”

Trump answered a reporter’s question that there will be “severe consequences” for Russia if Putin is not serious to negotiate the end of the conflict, but he will not comment on the form that will be taken.

However, Trump was disappointed by the allies in Europe by saying that Ukraine would have to abandon some Russian -controlled lands. He also said that Russia should accept land bodies, although it is unclear what Putin might be surrendered.

The European allies have pushed Ukraine’s involvement in any peace talks, and fearful discussions that exclude Kiev can prefer Moscow.

On Monday, Trump broadcast repeated opportunities to say that he would press for Zelinski to participate in his discussions with Putin, and he refused Zelinski and his need to be part of an attempt to search for peace. Trump said that after Friday’s summit, a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders can be arranged, or that it could also be a meeting with “Putin and Zellinski and me.”

The Europeans and Ukraine warn that Putin, who launched the largest land war in Europe since 1945 and used Russia’s energy may try to intimidate the European Union, secure favorable concessions and determine the broad lines of a peace deal without it.

The extreme fear of many European countries is that Putin will put his eyesight on one of them.

Macron said that Trump was given a priority for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. He added that Trump was clear that “regional issues related to Ukraine … will not be negotiated except by the Ukrainian President.”

Zelinski said on Tuesday that Putin wants to withdraw Ukraine from the remaining 30 percent from the Donetsk region that it still controls as part of the ceasefire deal, a suggestion that the leader rejected categorically.

Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine will not give up any region that it controls, saying that this will be unconstitutional and will only work as a starting point force for a future Russian invasion.

He said that the US -led diplomatic discussions focused on ending the war did not address the main Ukrainian demands, including security guarantees to prevent Russian aggression in the future and the inclusion of Europe in negotiations.

NATO paid our refusal

Three weeks after Trump returned to his post, his administration The influence of NATO membership in Ukraine was taken from the table – Putin’s thing – and pointed out that the European Union and Ukraine should deal with security in Europe now while America focuses its attention elsewhere.

Senior European Union officials believe that Trump may be satisfied with just securing a ceasefire in Ukraine, and may be more interested in the interests of the wider American geography and great strong policy, with the aim of intensifying business with Russia and rehabilitating Putin. The White House concluded an investment deal with Ukraine to extract minerals in the future, and has recently been based on European countries to provide military assistance to Ukraine through deals with American arms providers.

The Russian forces on the ground were closed on the main lands throughout the city of Boukerrovsk, in the East Donabas region, which is part of the eastern industrial heart in Ukraine as long as Putin aspires.

Military analysts who use open source information to monitor battles said that Ukraine’s ability to repel this progress may be decisive. The loss of Bokrovsk will hand over Russia an important victory before the summit and can hold Ukrainian supply lines to the Donetsk region, where the Kremlin focused on the largest part of the military efforts.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian forces struck the oil pumping station in the Russian region of Bianank overnight, according to a statement issued by the general corners in Ukraine. The statement said that the drones hit the Unecha station, which provides the Russian army, adding that the damage and large fire were reported in the area surrounding the pump station.