“After President Zelensky's talks at the White House with European leaders yesterday, one thing is absolutely clear: Europe's solidarity with Ukraine against Russia's aggression is more important today than ever before” – wrote Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the X platform.
As Axios reported, the conversation at the White House was difficult and was abruptly interrupted. The American president also refused to equip Ukraine with Tomahawks, which would significantly expand the possibilities of Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is again buying time in the war against Ukraine, and the proposal of the Budapest summit dismisses the scenario of the US handing over Tomahawk missiles to Kiev – commented the Catalan daily “La Vanguardia” on Saturday.
The French daily “Le Monde” emphasizes that Trump has given up on increasing pressure on Russia despite his earlier announcements that he was ready to do so.
The German “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” writes that, compared to Zelensky's visit to the White House in February, “the mood was better this time.” Although before the meeting with Trump, the Ukrainian found out that “telephone conversations between Vladimir Putin, who hosts him in Washington, are always dangerous.”
“SZ” notes with satisfaction that the Ukrainian delegation “was not asked to leave the White House and was served a meal.” Der Spiegel also states that there was a good atmosphere in the White House and Zelensky learned “how to talk to Trump.”
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And the Italian daily “Corriere della Sera” emphasized that the US president had “cooled” the Ukrainian leader's enthusiasm regarding Tomahawk missiles. According to the newspaper, weapons are not the only problem, because Kyiv does not have money to buy gas abroad.
Trump announced on Thursday that he would meet with President Putin in Budapest, where they will try to “put an end to this 'infamous' war between Russia and Ukraine.” According to representatives of Hungary and Russia, the talks may take place at the turn of October and November.
