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European leaders warn against Ukraine ceasefire without Russian peace deal | Russia-Ukraine war News

European leaders said they are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees and warned that it would be dangerous to agree to a ceasefire without a peace agreement in force with Moscow.

A European security offer was presented to Ukraine at a meeting in Paris on Monday, and French President Emmanuel Macron was invited after the exclusion of US President Donald Trump, European allies and Kyiv leadership Of negotiations, due to Speak in the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaWith Russia in a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

“Ready and ready. This is my opinion from today’s meeting in Paris. Europe is ready and ready to advance. “To lead security guarantees for Ukraine,” said NATO Secretary -General Mark Retty.

“You will need to determine the details, but the commitment is clear,” said Root.

A European Union official said after the meeting that the leaders “are ready to provide security guarantees, with methods that are examined with each party, depending on the level of American support.”

The official said: “We agree with President Trump on the” peace through power “, and summarizes the result of the meeting.

“We believe it is dangerous to conclude the ceasefire without a peace agreement at the same time,” the official also said.

Three hours of emergency talks at Elysee Palace in Paris followed data on Ukraine last week, which delivered an via Atlantic alliance once in the turmoil. They also followed a call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin In the midst of fears that Washington will be ready to abandon Ukraine and embrace the Kremlin, while giving the cold shoulder to traditional European allies in the United States.

Ukraine President Voludmir Zelinsky He said late on Monday that he spoke with Macron about the security guarantees of his country, adding that the ceasefire with Russia would not serve as a “introduction” only to the Russian aggression against his countries or other countries in Europe.

“We share a common vision: security guarantees must be strong and reliable,” Zelinski said on social media.

He said: “Any other decision without such guarantees – such as a fragile ceasefire – will not be another deception by Russia and an introduction to a new Russian war against Ukraine or other European countries.”

Melinda Harring, an old, unacceptable colleague at the Eurasia Center in the Atlantic Council, told the island that Europe “caught Washington’s initiatives towards Russia.

It is strange for the aggressor to meet with the United States without Ukraine. Harring said that the old policy of the United States is “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.”

“Therefore, it is definitely a change in politics. But it may be the case – the most charitable interpretation – that the United States is trying to know if Russia is recently dangerous. [about peace]She said.

“We came to negotiate with American colleagues.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with US National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, Middle East Envoy Steve Whitkov for talks on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov, according to reports.

Uphakov said on Monday, upon his arrival in the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Rayada, that the talks on Ukraine will be completely bilateral.

“We came to negotiate with American colleagues,” Raya noted that Oshkov said. These are bilateral, bilateral talks. There can be no triple conversations in Riyadh. “

Heidi Chu Castro of the island, who was reported by Washington, said that the Trump administration’s communication with Moscow and talks about the peace agreement represents a reflection of the approach of the administration of former US President Joe Biden in Ukraine.

“With Biden, we have heard many assurances about Ukraine’s view of the war, and it was not the opposite of this only since Trump took office,” said Zhu Castro.

“Coming from [Trump’s] The administration, from the Minister of Defense, we have really heard the United States team in negotiating positions in Russia, saying that the United States finds that it is now unrealistic for Ukraine to restore all its missing lands to Russia, and no longer supports NATO membership to Ukraine.

“The very bitter birth control pills to swallow Ukraine, which it says, will not swallow it at all,” she added.

“The American team did not promote any expectations for tomorrow, but the Russian Foreign Ministry said this would pave the way for a person’s meeting between Trump and Putin somewhere on the road.”

UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer, German Chancellor Olaf Schools, attended Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez the meeting alongside Macron in Paris. Also at the meeting, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Show, Danish Prime Minister Metty Friedrixen, NATO president, European Commission President Ursula von der Lin and European Council President Antonio Costa.



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2025-02-18 02:31:00

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