Diplomacy: Meeting with Putin: Trump does not expect a deal to Ukraine

US President Donald Trump is not aiming for a agreement on the Ukraine War for the meeting with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. “I will not do a deal,” he said at a press conference in Washington and pointed out that this was not his task. Meanwhile, Trump added that he would like to see a ceasefire. “I want to see the best deal that can be achieved for both sides.”

Trump: Call to Putin meetings Selenskyj and European

Trump wants to travel to Alaska on Friday to meet with his Russian counterpart and to negotiate with him about a peace solution in the Russian attack war, which has been lasting for around three and a half years. The US President has already announced: “We will look at the framework and then I will call President Selenskyj and the European heads of state and government directly after the meeting.”

Trump also promised a meeting of the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj with Putin: “The next meeting will be with Selenskyj and Putin, or with Selenskyj, Putin and me.” The US President offered that he wanted to be added if he was needed at a meeting of the two.

Ukraine strictly rejects area abductions

Trump previously represented the meeting in Alaska as an attempt to get closer to the end of the fights. In this context, he spoke of a possible exchange of territory between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine strictly rejects territories. In his evening video address, the Ukrainian President Selenskyj indirectly underlined that he will not accept a deal for the exchange of territory. “We will definitely defend our country and our independence,” he emphasized. And everything that affects Ukraine must be decided with the participation of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Friedrich Merz is trying to get a common line of Europeans with Trump over a possible end of the Ukraine war. On Wednesday and thus two days before the planned meeting in Alaska, on the initiative of Chancellor, European State and Prime Minister with Selenskyj and Trump. According to the German government information, a virtual meeting of Merz is planned with the heads of state and government from France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Finland.