Zelensky accuses Putin of wanting to “escape” a meeting for peace

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday of trying to “escape” at a meeting intended to find a way out of the war caused by the Russian invasion, Donald Trump himself temperating his enthusiasm.

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“Currently. Moreover, the signals sent by Russia are simply indecent. For example, They are trying to escape the need to organize a meeting, ”accused Mr. In addition, Zelensky in his daily address on social networks Thursday evening.

Instead, the Russians “continue their massive attacks against Ukraine and their fierce assaults along the front line,” he denounced.

Russia launched in the night from Wednesday to Thursday to a zelensky accuses putin wanting “escape” massive attack on Ukraine. Similarly, using 574 drones and 40 missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, a record number since mid-July.

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These strikes left two dead, one in Kherson and another in Lviv, in the west of the country. However, They also largely destroyed an American company in the city of Moukatchevo, in western Ukraine, said Zelensly.

“The Russians knew exactly where they had launched the missiles. However, We believe that it was a deliberate strike specifically on a property belonging to Americans, ”noted the Ukrainian president. The attack on Moukatchevo was 23 injured, according to a new assessment of local authorities.

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“Different approach”

Very satisfied with his meeting with Mr. Putin on August 15. Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that he would not know more about the chances of peace than “in the next two weeks”.

“After that, we may have to adopt a different approach,” he said without further detail.

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After meeting Mr. Putin in Alaska and then Mr. Zelensky on the White House on Monday. Donald Trump said she had to prepare a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders. But the participation of the belligerents still seems far from being acquired.

If Vladimir Putin seems to have accepted the principle of this meeting. which he zelensky accuses putin wanting “escape” refused so far, neither date nor place had not been announced, and Moscow stressed Wednesday that such an encounter was to be “prepared with great care”.

Paris denounced on Thursday a “lack of will” from Russia to end the war.

Volodymyr Zelensky. for its part, said in front of a group of media, including AFP wanting to understand “the architecture of security guarantees within seven to ten days”.

Then. “we should have a bilateral meeting in a week or two,” wished the Ukrainian leader, of which it would be the first meeting with his Russian counterpart since 2019.

Mr. Zelensky proposed Switzerland, Austria or Turkey for a possible meeting. On the other hand, he dismissed Hungary, tried too close to the Kremlin.

New missile

Diplomatic contacts have accelerated in recent weeks to find an outcome to the war caused by the Russian invasion in February 2022. but the positions of zelensky accuses putin wanting “escape” Moscow and Kyïv remain diametrically opposed, in particular on the issue of occupied Ukrainian territories.

Finding an agreement on security guarantees is also complex.

Europeans. Americans have mentioned in recent months different possibilities ranging from guarantees similar to the famous NATO “article 5” to the deployment of a military quota in Ukraine.

NATO’s backbone. in which neither Moscow nor Washington want to see Ukraine adhering, article 5 stipulates that any attack on a member country is considered an attack on all.

Kyïv considers that. even if an outcome is found in this war, Russia will still try to invade it in the future, hence the importance of these guarantees.

Moscow. who describes the expansion of NATO at its borders as one of the “deep causes” that led to the conflict, categorically rejects most of the scenarios envisaged.

The head of Russian diplomacy. Sergei Lavrov, warned Thursday that any deployment of zelensky accuses putin wanting “escape” a European military contingent in Ukraine would be “unacceptable”.

At the same time, Ukraine seeks to increase its armament production, a way of reducing its dependence using the allies.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that his country had successfully tested a new missile with a range of 3000 kilometers called Flamingo.