European leaders were quick to get a seat on the table in peace talks in Ukraine yet US President Donald Trump spoke directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin He announced the immediate start of the negotiations.

Trump said he made a “very phone call” on Wednesday, and he would meet “perhaps” personally with Putin in the short term. Then Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski briefed on the call, but was not binding on whether Ukraine would be equal in negotiations.

“I think they have to make peace, and that people are killed, and I think they have peace …” Trump said Trump.

In a sign of tension between the Trump administration and Europe, German Defense Secretary Boris Pisorius said it was “unfortunate” that Washington made “concessions” to Russia before the peace talks began.

He said that Europe “will have to live directly” with the consequences, so “it is necessary to say that we must be part of the negotiations.”

German Chancellor Olaf Schulles expressed concern that Trump could force Ukraine to a bad peace agreement that he would let it face intense Russia. “The next task is to make sure that there is no peace dictate,” he told NewSlet Outlet Politico.

Swedish Defense Minister Pal Johnson said that European countries have provided about 60 percent of military support for Kev last year and must participate, especially given our demands that Europe bear a greater responsibility for Ukraine’s long -term security.

“It is extremely normal to participate in the discussions,” Johnson said.

“Hasmel this imaginary goal”

The comments on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels, which many European officials hoped would be their chance to influence us to think about the war. But soon it became clear that the Trump administration was moving forward without it.

NATO Secretary -General Mark Retty, who chaired the meeting, said that any agreement was concluded between Russia and Ukraine, of the importance that “the peace agreement is always, and Putin knows that this is the end, and he cannot at all try to capture it again a piece of Ukraine.”

He insisted that Ukraine should be “closely involved” in peace talks.

In his presidential campaign, Trump pledged to end the war, but he shared a few details about how to do so. In a weekend television interview, he said, at some point, may become a Russian Ukraine, raising fears of NATO allies.

Ukraine and its European allies insisted that any deal should seek to withdraw Russia from the arrested Ukrainian lands.

But the new US Defense Secretary, Beit Higseth, said that a return to the borders of Ukraine before 2014 is “an unrealistic goal.” He added: “The pursuit of this imaginary goal will only lead to the prolongation of the war and cause more suffering.”

Hegseth also poured cold water on Ukraine’s desire to obtain NATO membership. “The United States does not believe that NATO membership in Ukraine is a realistic result to settle negotiations.”

Not “betrayal”

However, US Defense Secretary denied that Washington had betrayed Kiev by launching negotiations on its future without her full participation.

“There is no betrayal there. There is recognition that the whole world and the United States are investors and interested in peace. Higseth told reporters before the NATO defense ministers met” negotiating peace. “

The Pentagon President defended the US approach, saying that the world was lucky to be Trump, “the best negotiator on this planet, and gathered their two sides to find a negotiating peace” and warned that the war in Ukraine “should be an invitation to wake up” for European NATO allies to spend more On their defense budgets.

Higseth also explained that the United States will not deploy forces on the ground. “Instead, any security and non -European security guarantee should support a capable,” he said.

The Kremlin said it did not only want negotiations on Ukraine with the United States but also on European security and “fears” of Moscow, which in 2021 demanded that NATO fell to its borders of 1997.

“Certainly, all issues related to security in the European continent, especially in those aspects related to our country, the Russian Federation, must be comprehensive, and we expect this to be the case.”

But when asked whether European countries would get a seat on the table, he said it was too early to talk about the form of negotiations.

Meanwhile, China welcomed the proposed talks between Trump and Putin to end the Ukraine war.

“Russia and the United States are both influential powers, and China welcome its efforts to enhance communication and dialogue on a set of international issues,” said Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

China has constantly emphasized that negotiations are the only viable path to solve the crisis. The spokesman said that President Xi Jinping was aimed at a political solution.