Ukraine rejected the proposal of US President Donald Trump on Saturday to manage peace negotiations with Russia without prior ceasefire, Informs TASR based on DPA report. “Our opinion is: first a ceasefire then everything else”Said Serhij Lešchenko, advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Ukrainian television.
If the fighting continued during the interviews, there would be a great risk of extortion of Ukraine, “said Leščenko the day after the meeting Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where they discussed the possibilities of ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump on his social network Truth Social After consulting with the Green and European allies, he wrote that “everyone agreed that the best way to end a terrible war between Russia and Ukraine is to proceed to a peace agreement directly and not through an agreement that often does not stand”.
Greeny’s calling for stricter sanctions
Ukrainian President on Saturday confirmed his request for stricter sanctions against Russia if there is no meeting between him and the US and Russia presidentsor if Russia tries to avoid the end of the war, TASR reports on the basis of DPA report.
Greeding, in his words, American President Donald Trump said that sanctions are working. “Sanctions are an effective tool,“Greenya wrote on the X platform when he recapitulated his call with Trump after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.” The sanctions should be tightened if the three -sided meeting does not take place or if Russia tries to avoid the honor of the war, “he said.
The Kremlin said in response that the three -sided meeting was not the subject of discussion. Greeding also called for reliable and long -term security guarantees for Ukraine, which would be involved in Europe and the United States. He insisted that Kiev must be included in all negotiations on Ukraine, especially in zoning issues.
Russia is currently checking almost a fifth of the Ukrainian territory, including the Black Sea Peninsula Crimea, which illegally annexed in 2014. Putin and Trump discussed in Alaska about Ukraine without any participation of a country that Russia attacked almost three and a half years ago, writes DPA.
Greens should conduct direct negotiations with the White House boss in Washington on Monday.
