Summit meeting: Will it be the decisive meeting? Trump and Putin in Alaska

Before the eyes of the world public, US President Donald Trump and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in Alaska meet to talk about the Ukraine War. From the one -on -one conversation high in the north of the United States, in which Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj is outside, crucial impulses for a possible end of the war could end. At the same time, it is open what the encounter for the Russian attack war on the German attack war, which has been lasting for three and a half years, will actually bring and whether it leads to a ceasefire demanded by Ukraine, the Europeans and Trump. According to Kremlin, a summit declaration is not planned.

Worry about regional abductions

The Europeans and Ukrainians, especially Selenskyj, are excluded from the conversation that falls on the evening due to the time shift in Germany. They fear that Trump and Putin could communicate with Russia on territories of Ukraine. Kiev strictly rejects that. Trump had spoken of an “area exchange” several times.

According to previous information, Russia wants to have the Ukrainian areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, which are largely occupied – and in return, could potentially be ready to withdraw from other occupied areas. Russian state television has been in the end of the end of the war for days – although the fighting continues.

Europeans want ceasefire first

One of the demands from Europe that Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) had listed in advance is that Ukraine had to sit at the table at a follow -up meeting. A ceasefire is necessary before the start of negotiations. When talking about territorial questions, the current front course must be the starting point, it said. Merz excluded international recognition of Russian conquests.

In addition, according to the demands, Ukraine needs security guarantees and also has to keep a strong army. In the switching between Selenskyj, the European allies and Trump, the US President was ready for DPA information to ensure that the United States participates in security guarantees for Ukraine outside of NATO. Before that, it was often said from Washington that that was the responsibility of the Europeans. However, it is unclear what the guarantees should look like.

“Opportunity to agree to an armistice”

Merz called Putin to seriousness shortly before the meeting. “We expect President Putin to take President Trump’s offer of discussion seriously and to enter negotiations with Ukraine after the meeting in Alaska without conditions,” said Merz, according to the announcement. Three and a half years after the attack on Ukraine, which is contrary to international law, Russia today has the opportunity to agree to an armistice and to stop the hostility.

With regard to a possible “area exchange”, the Chancellor emphasized that territorial questions could only be decided with the consent of the Ukrainians. He continues to contact the US President for the claims.

He won’t do a deal himself, said Trump, who sees himself in the mediator role, over the summit with Putin. The other side also needed it – the Ukrainians.

The US President relies on a potential second meeting and represents the current as a kind of preliminary stage. Putin and Selenskyj should then come together from the perspective of the US side. “The second meeting will be very, very important – because that will be the meeting where you make a deal,” said Trump. However, he also admitted doubts that his conversation with Putin on Friday would lead to an immediate ceasefire. He did not rule out that the meeting remains unsuccessful. Trump also restricted that there could only be a second meeting if the first encounter went well.

Most recently, Trump had threatened Putin with “very serious consequences” if Putin was supposed to refuse to fight after the meeting. He didn’t say exactly what he meant. Most recently, he had exerted pressure on the threatened tariffs on trading partners that make oil transactions with Russia.

Nuclear weapons treaty as a moscow lure

Putin recently praised the US government. She undertakes “quite energetic and sincere efforts” in order to end the battles in Ukraine and to come to agreements that are in the interest of all pages involved. Nevertheless, he had repeatedly provided hard conditions for a ceasefire – including the stop of western arms deliveries to Ukraine. It is possible that Putin will propose a partial arms for air strikes on energy systems.

An end of the war and an agreement with the United States, said the Kremlin chief, can also create long -term conditions for peace in Europe and the world as a whole, “if we go on agreements in the area of control of strategic offensive weapons in the next phases”. Strategic offensive weapons mean intercontinental nuclear weapons.

The area of nuclear armor is almost no longer regulated between Russia and the USA because contracts have expired or have been canceled.

What’s next to Alaska?

Trump would be added to the second meeting. In the meantime, he has also brought a conversation to participate in European state and government heads. It is unclear whether Putin gets involved with such a meeting.

Russia has been waging a war against Ukraine since February 2022. For Putin, the meeting with the US President is already a win: Trump takes him back to the world stage – and from isolation in the west. And Trump has been constantly staged as a peace pier in his second term since January. He wants to get the Nobel Peace Prize. In the election campaign he had repeatedly emphasized that he would end the war. No US president had met with him since Putin’s war of aggression.