Donald Trump's Friday gathering with Volodymyr Zelenski in the White home turned into a stormy confrontation, during which the American president urged the Ukrainian leader to accept Vladimir Putin's conditions. As reported by the British "Financial Times", citing people acquainted with the course of events, the gathering repeatedly turned into a "screaming exchange", during which Trump "speaked all the time".
The U.S. president rejected maps of the front line in Ukraine and insisted that Zelenski give Putin all of Donbas. Trump was to repeat repeatedly, as a word, the arguments that the Russian leader presented to him during a Thursday telephone conversation, even if they were contrary to his own fresh statements on Russia's weakness.
Refusal to supply US weapons
Zelenski and his squad went to the White home with the hope of convincing Trump to supply Ukraine with far-reaching missiles maneuvering Tomahawk. The president of the United States yet refused this request, and according to a European authoritative with cognition of the meeting, Trump stated that the Ukrainian leader must make an agreement.
"If (Putin) wishes, he will destruct you" - he warned Trump, telling Zelenski he was losing the war. At 1 point, the president of the United States threw aside maps showing the course of the front line in Ukraine.
Putin's fresh offer
On Thursday Putin made a fresh proposal to Trump that Ukraine would quit its controlled areas in Donbasa in exchange for tiny areas of the 2 confederate front regions - Kherson and Zaporos. This proposal was a tiny concession compared to the erstwhile offer presented during Putin's gathering with Trump in Alaska in August.
Giving up the remainder of Donbass is unacceptable to Kiev, as this would mean giving up Russia a territory that it had failed to get since the launch of the full-scale invasion in 2022. "The devotion (Donbass) of Russia without a fight is unacceptable to Ukrainian society and Putin knows it" - said Alexander Mereżko, president of the abroad Affairs Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament.
Pessimism After Meeting
Merezhko added that Putin could push this controversial concept "to make divisions in Ukraine and weaken our unity". "It is not about gaining more territory for Russia, it is about how to destruct us from within" - explained the MP.
Trump's usage of Putin's arguments has undermined the hopes of many European allies of Ukraine, reasoning that the president of the United States can be persuaded to strengthen his support for Kiev. 3 another European officials informed of talks in the White home confirmed that Trump spent most of the gathering teaching Zelenski and urging him to accept the Russian proposal.
Sources used: "Financial Times", "PAP" Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.