The proposal was revealed by Trump to Zelensky a day after the meeting with Putin in Alaska. Monday will be the turn of the Ukrainian President to tighten hands with the US President, this time in Washington, DC
It was the most awaited call after the meeting in Alaska on Friday. It was through Donald Trump that Volodymyr Zelensky learned of Putin’s latest proposal: freeze front lines in various conflict zones, if Kiev agrees to withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk.
The proposal, now placed on the table by the Russian President, was released by Reuters after listened to sources close to the negotiations.
However, and this Saturday, Zelensky warned through a publication on the pitty networks to worsen the Russian offensive in the coming days. The Ukrainian head of state also took the opportunity to stress that Moscow could try to intensify the attacks on the ground to reinforce his political position.
“Based on the political and diplomatic situation, and knowing the betrayal of Russia, we foresee that in the coming days the Russian army can try to increase pressure and attacks against Ukrainian positions, in order to create more favorable political circumstances for negotiations with global actors,” Zelensky wrote on social network.
I received a report from Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. The front, the defense of positions, and up-to-date information on the intentions and movements of the Russian army. We are defending our positions along the entire front line, and for the second day in a row, we have…
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua)
Trump and Zelensky together in Washington and with special guests
Three days after the meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska, it will be Zelensky’s turn to squeeze hands with the US president, now in Washington, DC, where in the past was not happy: the White House. However, this time the meeting will have special guests.
According to the New York Times, citing two senior European employees, European leaders were invited to attend the meeting that takes place Monday.
Prior to that, and still in the rescaleted of “Alaska 25”, Putin called the US on Saturday as “useful and timely.” According to Russian agency Tass, Kremlin leader stressed, to high Kremlin employees, that the conversation with Donald Trump was “sincere and noun.”
Washington, in turn, said the meeting resulted in “great progress,” but without a definitive agreement for the end of the war in Ukraine.
