Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the UK since 2024, will join European Leaders, Members of the “Coalition of the Willing”, for Volodymyr Zelensky’s Meeting with Trump (R) on Monday, in the Hopes of Ending the War in Ukraine. The Prime Minister will travel to Washington, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, All Confirmed that they will Attend the Talk in the White House.
It comes as Fears mount that Ukraine will be Forced to Surrender its Sovereign Territory to Russia, after Trump reportedly Backed Vladimir Putin’s Demands to End the War between the Two Countries. During His High-Stakes Meeting with Trump in Alaska on Friday, the Russian Leader is said to have Offered to Freeze the Frontline in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
However, Moscow has urged Kyiv to Withdrawn its Troops from the Donbas in Eastern Ukraine, which includes the Mineral-Rich Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. He also wants “Protections” for the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, and that Russian be Reinstated as an Official Language of the Country. On Saturday, Trump said Zelensky should Strike a Deal with Putin, to End the Fighting, which has raged for more than Three years.
He said: “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not. They’re great soldiers. They did have courage in fighting and you know they are fighting a big war machine.” Trump later Posted on His Truth Social Platform that the Strongest Solution "is to go directly to a peace agreement" rather than a Temporary Ceasefire "which often times do not hold up". Zelensky told Trump in a Phone Call that Putin is Not Trustworthy.
By ceding Land to Russia, the U.S. will offere Ukraine NATO-style Security Guarantees in the event of a Peace Deal, but without Officially joining the Military Bloc. Russia currently Controls around a Fifth of Ukraine, and European Leaders worry that a Deal could Cement those Gains and Embolden Him to Expand further into the Continent. Puten started building a Base on the Border with Finland and Lithuania.
In a Joint Statement, the Group said they were “ready to work with Trump and Zelensky towards a trilateral summit with European support” but “it will be up to Ukraine to make decisions on its territory. International borders must not be changed by force.” Sir Keir, who spoke with Trump and Zelensky after the summit, said that the president’s efforts “have brought us closer than ever before” to peace. But Oleksander Merezhko, Chairman of Ukraine’s Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, said He was in Disbelief that Putin was able to Repeat His Insistence that the “Root Causes” of the War Needed to be Addressed.
“Now it turns out that Trump has aligned with Putin on that. It’s an extremely dangerous development,” He told The Sunday Times. Kira Rudik, of the Opposition Holos Party, said: “Trump got to shake the dictator’s hand, Ukraine got nothing. This is your summary. When you repeatedly warn dictators of sanctions but never follow through, they just end up finding it amusing.”
Writing in The Mail on Sunday, Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, called the Talks “about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy”. Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, added: “Trump’s resolve to get a peace deal is vital. But the harsh reality is that Russia has no intention of ending this war anytime soon.”
Zelensky said after the Alaska Summit: “The positions are clear. A real peace must be achieved, one that will be lasting, not just another pause between Russian invasions. Killings must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure.” Ukraine has long Aspired to join NATO, but Russia has Stated that as One of its Reasons for Invading the Country in Feburary 2022.
While an Agreement to End the Deadliest Conflict since the Second World War, was Not reached after a nearly Three-hour Meeting with Putin, Trump stressed that “great progress” had been made. In a Statement after His encounter with Trump, Putin claimed the pair had hammered out an “Understanding” on Ukraine, and Warned Europe Not to “torpedo the nascent progress”.
On the Battlefront, Ukraine Claimed its Forces had Advanced by nearly Two kilometres on Saturday, Repelling Russian Troops in the Northeastern city of Sumy.
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