Trump wants Putin to meet Zelinski face to face. This seems unlikely

After a few days angry at overcoming compliments and intense diplomatic opening, it seems that Donald Trump’s attempt to end Russia’s war on Ukraine depends on whether Vladimir Putin is accepting Trump’s invitation to Titi-Kyti-this time, with the countries they invaded, in Ocreen, Voludmir Zelinski.

The first Kremlin’s reaction to the call was diplomatic but not binding.

Instead of immediate “NYET”, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized the huge amount of preparations and negotiations that will be needed before any such meeting occurs, which means that his boss, Putin, is not in a hurry to start making it.

Many Ukrainians suspect that the Russian authoritarian ruler has any interest in making concessions to Zelinski or ending his attack on their country.

“I am very skeptical of the chances of these two meetings together,” said Ukraine analyst Mikola Capitonino of Taras Shevchenko National University in Ukraine.

“Putin does not trust Zelenskyy and does not want to meet him – the only exception to accept Ukraine’s surrender.”

In the capital KYIV, while there was widespread praise for the unity of Ukraine at the White House by the seven European leaders who came to support Zelinski, many say they find Trump’s payment for a peace agreement before sorting the disturbing details.

“I want the end of the war. I am tired, but only with the circumstances dictated by Ukraine,” said Alexander Bonomarev, a 37 -year -old soldier who told CBC News.

Others fear that Zelinski is armed by the American president to give Putin what he wants. “I do not support any negotiations, agreements, concessions,” said Yaroslava, 21, who works in marketing and has not given a full name.

Trump has again and again Proposal He believes that Ukraine must Galan out of the areas that have been opened Perhaps even withdrawing from Earth, it still controls a deal with Russia – an unpopular idea for the Ukrainians who have repeatedly said Zelinski that he will not do so.

On the other hand, Trump said that Putin agreed to withdraw from small pockets of land, of much less strategic importance.

Putin’s first summit and Zellinski

Putin, who led Russia either its president or the prime minister 26 years ago, Zelenskyy only met once in 2019, long after the Ukrainian leader was elected.

At that time, Zelenskyy was already a familiar name in Russia because of his successful career as a comedy and a TV star. Show the satire of the Ukrainian politician, People – Where he played the role of Ukraine – was a great success in both countries.

After his realistic elections as Ukraine leader, Zelinski pledged to end the war with Russia, which began in 2014 after Putin’s forces seized the Crimea and most Ukrainian regions took over East Luhansk and Donitsk.

But when the two leaders met in Paris, along with Emmanuel Macron of France and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, she achieved little talks.

While both leaders said that their goal is to achieve the so -called Minsk agreements to end the fighting and reintegrate the lands captured to Ukraine, there were widespread differences over the implementation of the shooting and the organization of future elections in the disputed region.

Three years later, with no progress of peace, Putin’s forces fired their full nonsense to the rest of Ukraine, as part of his stated effort to “the country”-the expression of an expression of getting rid of Zelinski and stabilizing a Russian doll government in Kiev.

“Putin wants a completely different political figure in Ukraine to talk to her,” said Capitoninko.

“Plan B”

Although others are not rushing to refuse to sit with Putin -Zelinski -especially if the Russian economy continues to deteriorate and its combat losses.

“The Russians move slower than armies at the Battle of Verdon during World War I-they need a break,” said Olexander Krayev, an analyst at the Ukrainian publication, a political reservoir in Kiev specializing in conflict studies and international relations.

“We (the Ukraine Army) needs a break for the same reasons – so for Putin, it is quite clear that in one way or another he wants to enhance its current successes and then prepare for the next assault.”

Kraiev says that the possibility of freezing the conflict – at least temporarily – and maintaining itself compatible with Trump represents the tempting “B plan” of Putin instead of continuing the ground attacks.

The British Ministry of Defense said it believed that more than a million Russian soldiers were killed or injured since the war began in 2022.

Hanging issues

The possible summit condition was one of several controversial stories that are still specific and that came out of the White House gathering on Monday.

The meeting ended without another situation on the type of security guarantees that Ukraine may receive from Europe and the United States must agree to negotiate with Putin.

Trump has repeatedly avoided answering questions about what American forces might participate, although he told Fox News that the ground forces would not participate.

“This is an essential issue,” said Capitonino of Taras Shevchenko National University of Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev University.

“The only way that Ukraine can obtain security guarantees is to sign bilateral or multilateral defensive agreements with Western countries – but most of them are not ready to do so and unable to provide the required amount of support in the event of Russia’s invasion again.”

The military weakness in Europe is what continues to make Trump’s purchase of US military for any such necessary arrangement.

At their meeting at Alaska on Friday, Trump also reflected his insistence on the immediate ceasefire along the Eastern Front of Ukraine. Instead, Putin’s position relied on that discussions and agreement on other war demands must come first.

European leaders and Zelinski insisted that the ceasefire was necessary before any other conversations with Putin.

“A dangerous diplomatic abbreviation”

Trump’s positions that have constantly converted to war, and a clear belief that his noisy personality is a better tool to resolve conflicts than delicate preparation for classical diplomacy, under repeated criticism.

In an interview with the BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, retired American general Ben Hodges, who led the American army in Europe from 2014 to 2017, warned of the potential dangers of Trump agreements.

“This nonsense, which Putin wants to contract for an agreement to satisfy Trump, seems to be something of a Saturday night Live Hodges said: “This administration misunderstood history, cultures and geography. They cannot even recognize that Russia is the aggressor.”

Hodges expressed their intense fears that the true human life – millions of Ukrainians – is reduced to negotiating chips by Trump.

Hodges said that the land bodies are not a solution, describing them as a “dangerous diplomatic abbreviation.”

However, analyst Craville says to avoid another bombing with Trump, and Zelinski has kept the American president on the other side, and US weapons and air defenses of the country continue at least at the present time.

“We now have Trump more productive and supportive of a tumor/supporter of Ukrainian. The process that reveals much better than something we expected in Ukraine.”