On Monday, Donald Trump will meet with Volodymyr Zelnski. Later they will be joined by: Chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Finland President Alexander Stubb, general secretary of NATO Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer.
“The Washington Post” estimates that the decision of the leading European leaders about Zelanski's support during his meeting in the White House is “a dramatic, loud gesture”, which emphasizes the importance of these conversations.
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An anonymous source from the White House told the American daily that the US hope for a three -sided meeting with Trump, Putin and Zełent this week. The White House does not expect, however, that Monday's conversations will lead to this.
“Developing detailed security guarantees will probably be a long -lasting process, which can allow Putin to continue the war until all the details are established,” we read in the text.
Meeting of Donald Trump and Wołodymyr Zelanski. Fears are growing
“The Washington Post” estimates that the Monday meeting of Zelanski with Trump may not be easy. Here, American journalists resemble the entry of Donald Trump, in which he stated that Wołodymyr Zelanski “can almost immediately end the war with Russia if he wants.”
Experts and Ukrainian politicians say in an interview with the journal that Zelanski “will have to be careful not to anger Trump, and at the same time convince him that his last proposals to end the war between Ukraine and Russia are impossible.”
The Ukrainian side is afraid of a repetition of a loud meeting in the Oval Office in February. Then there was a quarrel with vice president JD Vanc. The politician is also to participate in the meeting with Zelanski, but the sources of “The Washington Post” reveal that he is to behave more tactfully.
According to Mykoły, Białło from the National Institute of Strategic Studies, there is still a risk of repeating scenes from the beginning of the year. “It seems that Putin managed to convince Trump in Alaska that Ukraine should go serious concessions in the name of peace,” he assessed.
His fears also apply to Trump's behavior. He added that European allies can be on “” RollerCoaster Trump ” – he rides in one direction first and then in the other.” One of the European officials told the newspaper that “he was surprised that Trump had abandoned the advantage he had over Putin so easily.” He pointed out that in the face of inflation and high interest rates, the Russian economy is under pressure.
