Ukraine War: Rutte: Talks about Ukrainian areas probably inevitable

According to NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte, in future negotiations on a peace solution in the Ukraine War, it will hardly be avoided to talk about the future of the Ukrainian areas controlled by Russia. “At the moment we have to note that Russia is controlling part of the Ukrainian territory,” Rutte told the US broadcaster ABC News. After a ceasefire, the question will arise as to how it will go on in territorial questions and with a view to possible security guarantees for Ukraine. At the same time, NATO boss emphasized that Ukraine was a sovereign state that determines his geopolitical future himself.

In territorial questions, it is important to distinguish between a “de facto” and a “de Jure” recognition, said Rutte. A possible agreement could, for example, state that Russia in fact controls certain areas without this control being legally accepted. As an example, he referred to the decades of attitude of the West to the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States.

Trump meets Putin in Alaska on Friday

This Friday, US President Donald Trump wants to receive the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the state of Alaska in order to negotiate a possible peace solution in the Russian attack war on Ukraine, which has been going on for almost three and a half years. Rutte praised Trump’s efforts and spoke of a test of how Ernst Putin was with an end to the war. The meeting could be an important step towards comprehensive negotiations, said Rutte.

Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has so far received no invitation to Alaska. Like Western partners, he fears that decisions about Ukraine could be made there. Selenskyj recently indirectly underlined that he will not accept a regional exchange brought into play by Trump.