Ukraine President Volodmi Zelanski on Thursday warned against relying on Vladimir Putin, as US President Donald Trump stressed that he believed that Russian leaders “want peace”.
Trump’s shock statement said that he wanted to start a conversation with Putin so that the war could end and Ukraine and European allies were shocked – many of which questioned his strategy and warned Washington that they Do not make a deal without them.
Meeting with NATO Partners, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday refused Trump’s 90 -minute phone call with Putin, which meant that Kiev’s almost three -year war attempts betrayed.
Zelensky – to meet US vice -president JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference on Friday – said it was “not very pleasant” that Trump called Putin before talking to him.
In a social media post after talking with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusks, Zelancesi “warned the world leaders against relying on claims of readiness to end the war”.
The Ukrainian leader said that he wanted the United States to agree on “Plan to stop Putin” before any negotiations.
The US President said that he is expected to meet the Russian leader in Saudi Arabia “and not in a very distant future”-Sparking fear will be excluded from the discussion.
But Trump on Thursday insisted that Ukraine would be “part of the talks” and he was convinced that Putin “wants peace”.
“I think he would tell me if he was not,” he said.
– ‘one way or another’ –
Kremlin stated that “one way or any other” will be involved in the ketch talks, but will also be “bilateral Russian-American track”.
Ukraine’s European Backers rejected any step to compromise on Kiev.
German Chancellor Olaf Sholaz dismissed any “fixed peace”, arguing that “a Russian victory or the collapse of a Ukran would not have peace – on the contrary”.
“This will endanger peace and stability in Europe, which is beyond Ukraine,” he said.
The European Union’s top diplomat Kaza Kalas stressed that “no deal could work behind our back, as he accused Washington of” appeasement “towards Russia.
He said, “We should not take anything from the table before the conversation starts because it plays in the Russian court and it is what they want,” he said.
“Any quick fix is a dirty deal,” he said.
Trump’s administration poured cold water on the goals of recurring all areas of Ukraine and pushing to join NATO.
Hegseth said that Europe should now start providing a “heavy part” of aid to Ukraine and the United States will not deploy soldiers in any deal.
The head of the Pentagon said in NATO, “There is no betrayal. There is a belief that the whole world and the United States are invested and are interested in peace.”
“For this, both sides will need to identify things they do not want to do.”
He denied that Trump had taken advantage of Putin, and said that the Russian leader and Zelanski would be involved in the conversation.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustom Umrov told Kiev’s NATO Backers “We are continuing, we are strong, we are capable, we are capable, we will distribute”.
The Zelansky meeting with Vance in Munich will be the latest in a hurry of high-level European encounters for top officials of Trump.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Besent held talks to provide Washington in Kiev on Wednesday to provide Washington access to Washington for Rare Earth deposits.
In a radio interview on Thursday, US State Secretary Marco Rubio said he hoped that Ukraine hopes to sign a mineral access deal that would “repay the US taxpayer for billions of dollars who have been spent there”.
– Disadvantages in Curse –
Trump’s outreach was widely expected to Putin, but the quick speed of his peace push has spinned the head after a three -year -old fanatical western support for Ukraine.
Trump suggested that he would “love” to welcome Russia back to G7, from where Moscow suspended it after Moscow canceled the Crimea Peninsula of Ukraine.
“I think it was a mistake to throw him out,” Trump said referring to Putin.
Kiev’s European supporters are afraid that Trump may force Ukraine into a peace deal that he will face a bulging putin by paying the cost of the lion for post-war protection.
French Armed Forces Minister Sebastian Lacornu said Paris was worried that Russia wanted “US administration giving everything”.
Hegseth said that European soldiers could provide security guarantee for Ukraine under a deal – and his British counterpart John Heli said the plan was “fast” on that front.
Zelansky has increased the possibility of exchange of Russian sector organized by Kiev in the possession of Ukrainian Land Moscow.
But Ukraine’s grip on Russia’s Kursk region has slipped – Kev said that it is now a third of the region that captured last year.
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