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European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, warned the White House that next week “will be crucial” for a possible peace process in Ukraine and insisted on doing a “good deal” with the US.
The same day Ukraine warned that Russia is preparing the launch of intercontinental missilethe leader of the European Union assured that the ceasefire is near.
“The important thing now is to make things move on and I think Next week will be crucial“Said Ursula From the Leyen.
Under a meeting with the vice president of the United States of America (US), JD VanceMediada Pela Primeira-Italian Administration, Giorgia MelonsIn Rome, the president of the European Commission insisted on “just and lasting peace” as the only way to the conflict that has been lasting for over three years.
On Monday a conversation between US President Donald Trumpand the Ukrainian homologists, Volodymyr Zelenskyyand Russian, Vladimir Putin.
At the end of last week, for the first time since the spring of 2022, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations gathered for direct peace negotiations; and announced that.
Zelenskyy calls for sanctions
Also this Sunday, JD Vance this meeting with Zelenskyy; and the president of Ukraine asked the US to press Russia through sanctions And he insisted on the need for decisions for a “just and lasting” peace.
“I had a good meeting with the vice president of the United States of America (USA), JD Vance, and the secretary [de Estado], Marco Rubio […]. Ukraine is ready for true diplomacy, ”wrote Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks after a meeting with US number two in Rome in Italy.
After participating in, the Ukrainian President met Jd Vance and insisted that the country needs “just and lasting peace.”
“We talked about the need to sanction Russia, bilateral trade, cooperation in defense, the situation in the battlefield and the exchange of prisoners. Press Russia until you want to end the war“, Complete Zeletskyy.
European partners, in turn, plan to announce a new package of sanctions to Moscow on Tuesday due to Kremlin’s impasse in peace negotiations.
Ukraine Alert for Intercontinental missile
The Ukraine Military Information Service (GUR) warned that Russia plans to perform a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, to intimidate Kiev and its Western partners.
“In order to demonstrate and intimidate Ukraine, as well as the Member States of the European Union (EU) and NATO, the aggressor state of Russia intends to carry out a ‘training and combat’ release of the intercontinental ballistic missile. RS-24 YARS on the night of May 19“The Gur indicated on Telegram.
According to the information service, the Missile, equipped with training ammunition, “was ordered to be launched from a mobile terrestrial complex by the 433rd Regiment of the 42nd Division of the 31st Army of Strategic Missile Forces.”
The launch site, he needed, is an area near the Sverdlovsk Russian Sverdlovsk village in the Urals. The girl said that the range of this three -phase missile is more than 10,000 kilometers.
