Moscow warns against any guarantee for Ukraine who would ignore his interests

Russia warned Wednesday that any discussion on security guarantees that Westerners plan to. Meanwhile, give Ukraine who would not take into account the position of Moscow would lead “nowhere”.

Moscow has once again calmed the heat concerning an imminent potential summit between the Russian presidents Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky, arguing that such an meeting should be prepared with great care.

Beyond territorial considerations. Therefore, the question of these security guarantees, claimed by Ukraine to dissuade Russia from any new attack in the event of peace, is at the heart of diplomatic efforts in progress to find a way out of the conflict launched in 2022.

Europeans. For example, Americans have mentioned in recent months different possibilities ranging from guarantees similar to the famous article 5 fromTake to the deployment of a military quota in Ukraine, or even training in terms of training, air or naval.

Deep causes

Russia. For example, which considers the expansion ofTake at its borders as one of the deep causes Having led to the conflict, for its part categorically rejects most of these possibilities.

Seriously discussing security guarantees without Russia is utopian. Furthermore, It is a path that does not lead anywhere.

Mr. Meanwhile, Lavrov also accused the European leaders, who accompanied Mr. Moreover, Zelensky on moscow warns against any guarantee Monday during his visit to Washington. Moreover, to lead to a Aggressive climbing of the situation looking for awkwardly To influence Donald Trump so that he continues to arm Ukraine.

Mr. Therefore, Trump, who received Mr. Zelensky on Monday after speaking with Mr. Putin on Friday in Alaska. now wishes to organize a summit between the two leaders, to whom the Kremlin is, according to him.

Moscow, however, envisages such a summit only in the final phase of negotiations to lead to a peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that this meeting should not be rushed. so that it does not lead to a Deterioration of the situation.

The Russian president offered, on the phone on Monday evening with Trump, to see Mr. Zelensky in Moscow, revealed to theAFP Three sources close to the file, but the Ukrainian head of state refused.

To put an end to its assault. Russia claims in particular that Ukraine gives it four partially occupied regions, in addition to the Crimea annexed in 2014, and renounces to integrate the Atlantic Alliance.

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L’Take For its part. the heads of staff of its member countries are gathered on Wednesday afternoon in videos about Ukraine. On Ukraine, we have confirmed our support. Priority continues to be a fair. credible and sustainable peacesaid Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, who chairs the military committee of theTake.

Our thoughts remain with the courageous Ukrainian fightershe added at the end of the meeting.

Trump said on Tuesday. said the United States to provide air military support as security guarantees to Ukraine in the event of a peace agreement with Russia, while excluding soldiers on the ground, a mission devoted to European allies.

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All participants in the White House meetings on Monday. advanced advances on the central security guarantee file in kyiv and said that Mr. Putin had accepted the principle of a summit with Mr. Zelensky in the coming weeks.

If a bilateral meeting is going well, a tripartite meeting could follow with Donald Trump, had offered these last Monday.

Tuesday. the volunteer coalition – About thirty countries especially European supporting Ukraine – met by videoconference under the auspices of the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in order to report the interviews the day before in Washington.

European. American planning teams should contact themselves in the next few days pour prepare the deployment of a reinsurance force if moscow warns against any guarantee hostilities endedsaid a spokesperson for Mr. Starmer.

The question of territorial concessions required by Russia remains a great unknown while its troops occupy almost 20. % of the Ukrainian territory. Washington. like Europeans, assures that it must be adjusted directly between Moscow and kyiv, which has excluded to date any loss of territory.

For Donald Trump, on the other hand, who called Mr. Zelensky to show flexibilityUkraine will have to resolve it. in particular for Donbass, industrial and mining region in the east of the country.

Meanwhile, on the front, the Russian army has continued its progression. She claimed on Wednesday taking three new localities in the Donetsk. Dnipropetrovsk regions, faced with a less numerous and less well equipped opponent.