In the joint press conference with Zelensky, Trump declares that the ceased the fire wanted by the European Championships will not be necessary and promises: “There will be a lot of help in safety”.
“This man, Putin, I, the whole world wants the end of this war.” With these words Donald Trump The Ukrainian president welcomed the oval study Volodymyr Zelenskywith which he granted himself in a short press conference before proceeding with a bilateral meeting with Zelensky.
Trump immediately stopped the hopes of the Europeansdeclaring that “I don’t think there is a need for a fire. I don’t think there will be a ceasefire. We can work on a peace agreement while they continue to fight “, in fact by marrying the position of President Putin regarding the irrelevance of obtaining a ceased the fire before starting to treat the definitive end of the war. This position had instead been strongly peeled by the European Championships and Ukraine
Trump continued: “If everything goes well today, there will be a trilateral». The American plan therefore appears clear, after having listened to the Russian position and having obtained some concessions, in particular as regards the Security guarantees to Ukrainetoday Trump plans to do the same with Ukraine, from this point of view the message published this morning seems to be clarifying: «No possibility of tidying up Crimea and no adhesion to NATO by Ukraine».
Once these concessions have been obtained by Ukraine, so the much-coveted trilateral Putin-Trump-Zelensky will finally be possible. Not surprisingly, during the press conference, Trump said that the Russian president “expects my phone call once the meetings of today”.
When asked about security guarantees For Ukraine, on which Russia seems to have given an opening, Trump replied: “There will be a lot of help in safety. There will be a lot of help. It will all be fine. They are the first line of defense because they are there. They are Europe. But we too will help them. We will be involved ».
When asked if the American president was willing to send American peace forces to Ukraine, Trump replied that “we will work with everyone and make sure that everything goes for the best. We will work with Russia. We will work with Ukraine. We will make it work ».
After the press conference, Trump and Zelensky continued their meeting privately, followed by a wider meeting with all European leaders who arrived in Washington, including Emmanuel Macron, Freidrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer, Ursula von der Leyen, Finnish president Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
At the beginning of the meeting with European leaders Trump has therefore made official that the trilateral meeting will be organized in the near future with Putin and Zelenskyduring which territorial issues will be dealt with.
The role that the so -called “coalition of the willing” would not yet assume in a possible peace agreement, considering that considering that Russia has so far always rejected the deployment of western troops in Ukraine. However, it is possible to say that the solution that at the moment seems to be among the most accredited sees European countries extending to Ukraine security guarantees similar to those of article 5 of NATO (that relating to collective defense).
This proposal had already been put in place last year by the Italian Premier Giorgia Meloniwho had repeatedly declared that a passable solution would be that of provide Ukraine guarantees inspired by the well -known article 5 of the Atlantic alliance.
The presence of western soldiers in Ukraine will hardly be accepted by Russia, which since February 24, 2022 has always requested Ukraine’s “neutralization”, perhaps, therefore, an agreement can be reached by guaranteeing direct western help in the event of a new Russian aggression, without however deploying European soldiers directly on Ukrainian soil. As for the territorial question, however, everything has been postponed to the Trilateral meeting, still to be defined.
