“Ukraine will remain firm in all circumstances.” What did the Kiev delegation of Trump's emissary be transmitted to London's discussions
Andrii Iermak (right) and Andrii Sibiga. Photo credit: Handout / AFP / Profimedia
The Ukrainian delegation, at London Wednesday's conversations on a possible cessation of fire in Ukraine, sent to Donald Trump's emission, Keith Kellogg, that Kiev will not give up his territorial integrity.
“I stressed that Ukraine will remain firm in all circumstances on its basic principles because they are the foundation of our territorial sovereignty and integrity,” was the formula used by the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Andrii Iermak, on the X platform, making the meeting with the US emissary for the War, Keith Kellogg.
Jermak posted this message shortly after US President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski, on his social network TRUTH Social, obstructing peace efforts through the statements in which he excluded the recognition of the Crimea Crimea as a Russian territory.
According to the American publication Axios, the peace plan that the White House prepared for Russia and Ukraine provides for the recognition of Crimea by Ukrainians as part of Russia. Zelenski has repeatedly declared that it would accept Russia's de facto control over territories in certain circumstances, but not the enemy's sovereignty over any occupied areas.
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Kiev relies on a cessation of immediate, complete and unconditional fire before the official opening of the negotiations, the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Andri Iermak, Kellogg transmitted. “We have expressed our hope that this is aligned with Donald Trump's vision,” he added.
An Ukrainian delegation led by Andrii Iermak and made up of Ukrainian foreign and defense ministers, Andrii Sibiga and Rustem Histrov, met in London with representatives of Great Britain, Germany and the US to try to align their positions on the way to peace.
A Meeting Took Place in London Between Our Delegation and General @generalkelloggUS Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia. pic.twitter.com/am7kqradm1
– Andriy Yermak (@andriyyermak) April 23, 2025
We conveyed Our position and emphasized that an immediate, full, and an uncompitional must be the first step toward initiation aimed at achieding a just and lasting. We Expressed Hope That This Aligns with President @Potus's Vision.
– Andriy Yermak (@andriyyermak) April 23, 2025
I stress that under any circumstances, Ukraine Will Stand Firm on Its Core Principles During Negotiations, as they are the Foundation of Our Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity.
We agreed to continue the dialogue and regular contact.
– Andriy Yermak (@andriyyermak) April 23, 2025
“Our people will not accept a frozen conflict disguised in peace”
Ukraine is ready to negotiate, but not to surrender, said Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iulia Svîrîdenko, while in the press there were details of an American proposal by which Ukraine would give up almost all the territories occupied by Russia.
“There will be no agreement to offer Russia the more solid bases he needs to regroup and return with more violence,” wrote Svîrîdenko on X.
“Our people will not accept a frozen conflict disguised in peace,” she added.
Ukraine is ready to negotiate, not to surrender, says the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister. “The people will not accept a frozen conflict disguised in peace”
According to Trump, Zelenski is the one who complicates peace negotiations
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a fire termination agreement in Ukraine is “very close.
On the SA Truth Social Platform, Donald Trump, who had previously qualified the Ukrainian president as a “dictator”, accused again, stating that he obstructs the conversations in progress.
“He can have peace or be beat for another three years before losing the whole country,” Donald Trump said. “We are very close to an agreement, but this man who does not have books in hand must now reach a conclusion,” he added.
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US Vice President JD Vance was previously summoned Moscow and Kiev to reach an agreement, otherwise the US will “retreat” from this process. He suggested to “freeze the territorial lines at a level close to those who are currently.” “This means that the Ukrainians and Russians have to abandon some of the territory they currently own,” he added. “They will have to resort to territorial exchanges.”
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, appreciated that it would not be an ultimatum. “The US continues its mediation efforts, which we greet,” he said.
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