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US demands Europe sets out arms and troops support for postwar Ukraine

The United States asked European capitals to make detailed proposals on weapons, peacekeeping forces and security arrangements that they can provide in Ukraine as part of any security guarantees to end its war with Russia.

The request was sent to Capitals this week, four Western officials said on the FT document. This came at a time when European leaders demanded that they be part of Trump’s negotiations with Vladimir Putin, who announced him on Wednesday.

“this [document] One of the officials said: “The way we are sure of our participation.”

French President Emmanuel Macron called on European leaders chosen to a summit in Paris on Monday to discuss how Europe can increase support to Ukraine, which was raised by US officials this week about the peace process.

Washington plans its questionnaire, which was sent to governments by the US State Department, is the scope of Europe’s readiness to protect Kiev after the settlement of peace, and the price of Europe is ready to pay for participation in negotiations with Moscow.

The officials said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested details of the military services that European capitals would be able to provide them and a number of forces brigades who will be ready to publish.

“The cable raises a number of public questions,” said an American official.

“I didn’t see [the questionnaire] “I can fully understand that it will help focus the conversation mainly,” said Mark Retti, NATO Secretary -General.

Root said that, regardless of the request of the United States, European countries needed to be clear on how to intensify their efforts.

“I hear European countries complaining that they had no place immediately in [negotiation] Root said. “My argument is, first, organizing yourself together, discussing, and.. Think about what the European contribution might be.”

The US request comes before a tour of the European capitals by Trump’s Ukraine Keel’s envoy, which begins next week in Brussels.

Kellogg has not been included by the president this week as part of the four -man American team that will hold talks with Moscow, and senior officials in Europe and Ukraine to wonder about his participation in peace efforts in Trump.

US officials said that Kilog and others were offering Trump’s options, the final decision -maker.

Kelog said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference that the discussions were “a bilateral path.”

“[US Middle East envoy Stephen Witkoff] He has a Russian corridor. I have the Ukrainian and European corridor.

In response to a question about whether the Kilogy effect is diminishing, an American official said his schedule “talks about himself.”

“Not only part of the team, as the White House spokeswoman said, that his diplomacy in Munich, in Brussels early next week, and the critical trip to Kiev, as Zelinski personally noticed yesterday, talks about himself in terms of his leadership role in this, working under the president.

The United States has indicated that it is ready to accommodate many of Putin’s basic requirements by pouring cold water on the Ukraine campaign to join NATO and restore the lands currently occupied by Russia.

On Saturday, Keel said he did not believe that the Europeans would be “on the table” during peace negotiations, but he was talking to European capitals to ensure their opinions were taken into account.

One of the senior Western officials said that the concentration of a killer on what Western countries could do to ensure Ukraine’s security, instead of the financial concessions that it can extract from Kiev in return, means that Russia does not care about it.

The Kremlin’s focus on the numbers that it saw has a more direct line for Trump and a better leadership of Moscow’s leadership to conclude that Kelgi was partially marginalized, according to three Russian people familiar with the conversations.

The US official said that Kelog was one of the closest national security advisers in Trump for nearly a decade and their relationship “known in Washington.”

Russia is feeling other interlocutors like Witkoff, who have been released by an American teacher from a Russian prison this week, and National Security Adviser Mike Walz have a more direct line for Trump and the best brief leadership.

“If the envoy was, he might have been requesting communications in Russia and Ukraine in a short time, and to employ experts in both countries, etc.”. “Witkoff was more attractive than it was.”

Another person involved in Russia’s communication with the West said that Moscow witnessed a role in a large -scale celebration.

The person said: “Dangerous conversations, as you know, with Moscow and need serious people for that.” Kelleogg “Is there to talk to the Ukrainians, talk to the Europeans, go on TV.”

The person added that any progress in the talks depends on more direct contact between Trump and Putin.

“Trump’s method is to send someone like this a little and then becomes serious later. Only the problem is his counterpart is Vladimir Putin, who specialized in human relations several championships above his level.”

Putin’s Dmitry Peskov said the assortment of negotiators was an internal American issue. “The presidents have expressed a political will to build the dialogue, which is the authority of the American president to appoint a person.”

Two former Russian officials have said that Kelogog’s ongoing talks with Ukraine and Europe indicate that he could still play an important role in the peace process.

Kelog said with a Western official. “some [European] Capitals do not take them seriously, and I think this is the wrong approach. “

The former senior Russian official said that Trump “forgot” about Kelog when naming his negotiations, but then “he corrected himself” by sending him to Europe. “Maybe there is still some use for him.”

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2025-02-15 16:42:00

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