European allies urge Trump not to deal with Putin without Ukraine

European allies gathered behind Ukraine in a renewed boom of support, insisting that any peace talks with Russia should include Kiev.

This comes at a time when Donald Trump is preparing to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

“The path of peace in Ukraine cannot be determined without Ukraine,” said a joint statement issued by the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission.

I am concerned that Ukraine will not be invited to its peace talks, President Folodimir Zelinski said that any unit without Kiev will reach “dead decisions.”

Late Saturday, a White House official said Trump will be ready to hold a triple meeting with both Putin and Zellinski – but at the present time, it is still just two of them, as the Russian leader initially requested.

Trump previously suggested that he could only start meeting with Putin, as he told reporters that he intends to “start with Russia.” But the American president also said he believed that “we have a bullet in” organizing a triple meeting with both Putin and Zellinski.

Whether Putin will approve this unclear-many opportunities have been rejected for direct talks, and the two leaders have not met faces since Putin launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.

Speaking on Friday, Trump also suggested that “there will be some land swap” in order to reach Moscow and Kiev to an agreement – Zelinski’s reaction was strongly.

He said in a telegram: “We will not reward Russia for what it committed.” “Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine, are also decisions against peace.”

He added, “The Russians are still … they impose the idea of” exchange “of Ukrainian lands for Ukrainian lands, with consequences that only guarantee anything other than the Russians to resume the war.”

CBS, the American media partner, informed that The White House tries to influence European allies To accept an agreement that would include Russia taking the entire Dunpas region in eastern Ukraine, and preserving the Crimea.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian and European forces presented their own plan to end the war to Trump and his senior officials, The Wall Street Journal reported. This includes demands that no region can be exchanged except in a mutual way – so if Ukraine withdraws from some regions, Russia must withdraw from others.

European leaders, In their statement, it was released late on Saturday nightHe stressed that “the international borders should not change by force.”

They said: “Ukraine has the freedom to choose its fate,” stressing that their countries will continue to support Ukraine diplomatically, military and financially.

The leaders also said that a “diplomatic solution” is very important, not only to protect Ukraine – but also the security of Europe.

It is not only Ukraine that is struggling to be part of the Alaska meeting.

European allies also feel concerned about their lack of influence on the results of any agreement that Trump with Putin.

In a post at X on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron raised concerns about Russia and the United States except for European participation.

“The Europeans will necessarily be part of the solution, because their security is at stake,” wrote.

Europe has followed a difficult approach in Moscow – including imposing sanctions against Russian entities and providing military aid to Ukraine.

Zelinski said he told Macron in a phone call on Saturday that the key is to make sure that “the Russians do not get anyone’s deception again.”

The Ukrainian leader said: “We all need a real end of the war and reliable security institutions of Ukraine and other European countries.”

US diplomacy fell with Europe and Ukraine Vice President JD Vance On Saturday, when he visited the United Kingdom and held talks with Foreign Minister David Lami, in addition to two senior Zelinski assistants.

Thank you for the discussions, Andrei Yermak, head of the Zelinski office, stressed the need to include Ukraine.

“The trusted and permanent peace is only with Ukraine at the negotiating table,” he said. “The ceasefire is necessary – but the confrontation line is not limits.”

The summit in Alaska, the region that Russia sold to the United States in 1867, will be the first among the sites sitting and Russian, since Joe Biden met in Geneva in June 2021.

After nine months, Moscow sent the forces to Ukraine.

In 2022, the Kremlin announced the inclusion of four Ukrainian regions – Donetsk, Logansk, Zaporesia and Khairsson – although there is no full control over it.

Moscow has failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough in its extensive conquest, but it occupies Large areas of East Ukraine lands. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian attacks were unable to push the Russian forces back.