In front of the Alaska summit
Europeans and Selenskyj are looking for line with Trump to Ukraine
In front of Trump’s Ukraine summit with Putin, the Europeans switch on with the US President. Do Merz & Co. achieve that they are not faced with accomplished facts?
Are the Europeans and Wolodymyr Selenskyj left out when Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin negotiate the future of Ukraine in Alaska on Friday? At a video conference initiated by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), in which the Ukrainian President is also supposed to take part, European heads of state and government want to prevent this. The switching with the US president is concerned with the Europeans and Ukraine to find a common line with Trump for his meeting with Kremlin chief Putin in the northernmost US state.
What does the timetable look like for the video selections?
Merz wants to interconnect close European allies of Ukraine at 2:00 p.m. in the position center of the Chancellery for a preliminary discussion of the follow -up sentences with Trump. The heads of state and government from France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Finland, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council President António Costa, NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte and Selenskyj.
The Vice President JD Vance is also said to be part of the video count with Trump from 3 p.m. Afterwards, the Federal Chancellor wants to discuss the results in a round of members of the so -called coalition of the willing, under the leadership of Germany, France and Great Britain. Merz plans to inform the public after the switching with Trump in a press conference.
What do the Europeans want to achieve?
The Europeans and Selenskyj fear that Trump and Putin in Alaska could agree on territories from Ukraine to Russia that Kiev strictly rejects. You should want to make a promise from Trump that he does not make a deal with Putin over the heads of the Ukrainians and the Europeans. But will he go into it? And even if: the US president sticks to it – and if so, how long?
The German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius had said that the talks should be about further options for action to create pressure on Moscow. In addition, there should be talk about the preparation of possible peace negotiations and the associated questions about area claims and collateral. The British Prime Minister Keir Strander again called for security guarantees for Ukraine.
Foreign Minister WadePhul: Violence must not shift any limits
The German Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul (CDU) had demolished the German course for talking to Trump on Monday after a switching conference with his EU colleagues -and gave speculation about the Ukraine area abandonation for peace with Russia. “Violence must not postpone any limits,” he wrote on X. Germany supported Trump’s goal of ending the Russian attack war. The result must be a fair and permanent peace.
In the ZDF “today journal” WadePhul also said that Ukraine knew that negotiations with Russia would be difficult. Kyiv will “possibly also do without”. “But that should be decided later.” With a view to the Ukraine summit of Trump and Putin, he added that it was about European security. “We will not allow the Europeans to be decided here.”
What goal does Trump have when talking to Putin?
Trump represents the meeting with Putin, planned in the city of Anchorage on Friday, as an attempt to get closer to one end of the Russian war of aggression that has been going on for around three and a half years. In this context, he spoke of a possible exchange of territory between Ukraine and Russia. On Monday, Trump also assured: “I will not do a deal” – this is not his job. He would still like to see a ceasefire, he added.
The White House confirmed that a one -on -one interview between the two presidents was planned on Friday. Selenskyj has not yet been invited to Alaska. Trump announced that he would inform the Ukrainian president and European heads of state and government immediately after the summit about the conversation with Putin. And Trump promised a meeting of Selenskyj and Putin: “The next meeting will be with Selenskyj and Putin, or with Selenskyj, Putin and me.” He offered to be added if he was needed at a meeting of the two.
Can Europeans hope for open ears?
Trump repeatedly emphasizes that the United States does not want to pay for the Ukrainian defense. So far, the US President does not want to make commitments to security guarantees in favor of Ukraine after a possible ceasefire or even a peace conclusion. Trump should also be dependent on Europeans both for the financing of the future defense against Ukraine against Russia as well as for securing a possible ceasefire or peace. This could help to not completely close their claims.
What Selenskyj excludes
The Ukrainian president again excluded any decisions on Ukraine at the Alaska summit of Trump and Putin before the now upcoming video elements. “You cannot decide on Ukraine without us,” he told the RBK-Ukraine news agency in the capital Kiev. He hoped that Trump was aware of this.
At the same time, Selenskyj was convinced that there would be a three -way meeting between Trump, Putin and him to end the war. He also emphasized that Ukraine did not want to and could do without its areas in the east. At a later point in time, Donbass would only serve as a “springboard” for a new war, Selenskyj warned – just as the Crimea served as a jumping board for Moscow attacks against South Ukraine. In a task of the Ukrainian positions in Donbass, Putin’s troops could later advance towards Kharkiw, Saporischschja and Dnipropetrovsk.
dpa
Source: Stern
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