At first, much indicated that the Trump-Putin gathering would not bring crucial changes in the context of the war in Ukraine. However, much has changed after the president of the United States concluded his conversation with Volodymyr Zelenski and elected European leaders, among whom was Karol Nawrocki.
Donald Trump has an thought to end the war in Ukraine. Europe sets conditions
As we have learned from Donald Trump's latest entry, the war in Ukraine will end as a consequence of a tripartite gathering between the USA, Russia and Ukraine. It will consequence in the signing of a conflict termination agreement, not another ceasefire.
The U.S. president besides provided this information in an interview with European leaders. The EU summit, which took place just moments later, established the common position of Europeans, as reported by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. 1 passage of this paper in peculiar deserves attention.
"No restrictions should be imposed on armed forces Ukraine or its cooperation with 3rd countries. Russia cannot have a veto over Ukraine's road to the EU and NATO," stressed European leaders. This is simply a clear mention to Vladimir Putin's demands about truncating the Ukrainian army and banning NATO and the EU, which have already fallen many times internationally, as conditions for ending the conflict.
Ukraine should decide on its territory
The EU leaders agreed that a tripartite conversation would be the best way to end the war that has been going on for more than 3 years. They added that armed conflicts should not service to shift national borders. However, they yet informed that Ukraine should decide whether to surrender its territory in exchange for peace.
"Decisions concerning its territory will belong to Ukraine. global borders cannot be changed by force. Our support for Ukraine will continue. We are determined to do more to keep the strength of Ukraine to end the struggles and to guarantee a fair and lasting peace" – declared clearly EU leaders including Donald Tusk, Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz.
