The leaders of Great Britain, France, Germany and Poland came together on Saturday in Kiev for their very first joint visit to Ukraine and promised to intensify the pressure on Russia until it agreed to a full, unconditional 30-day ceasefires.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, released a photo of President VolodyMyr Zensky and the four other European leaders crawled around a telephone, as Mr Sybiha said, they spoke with President Trump.
“Ukraine and all allies are ready for a completely unconditional cease -the fires on land, air and at sea for at least 30 days starting on Monday”, “Sybiha wrote on social media. “If Russia corresponds to Russia and effective monitoring is guaranteed, a sustainable ceasefire and measures for building trust can release the way for peace negotiations.”
The visit was intended to underline Europe’s permanent dedication to the defense and sovereignty of Ukraine after more than three years of war with Russia. One day after the celebration of Russia of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, in which President Vladimir V. Putin President Xi Jinping of China and other foreign dignitaries in Moscow welcomed for a military parade that was intended to praise the power of his terms and conditions.
The two events crystallized both the changing contours of the war in Ukraine and the wider geopolitical shift since Mr. Trump entered. In just a few months, Mr. Trump that Reverse core principles of American foreign policyand is chairman of the weakening of the transatlantic binding That helped Europe on its way to putting peace after the disaster of the Second World War.
Ukraine is currently being trapped between an encouraged Russia, stimulated by China, Noord -Korea and Iran; and a Europe climb to fill the void left by the United States.
It is more than 120 days since the United States announced a new round of military aid to Ukraine. It remains unclear whether the Trump administration is planning to issue the remaining $ 3.85 billion that the congress has authorized for extra recordings of the stocks of the Ministry of Defense for KYIV.
The majority of the pressure that Washington has put to end to end the fighting is aimed at KYIV, although Mr. Trump recently shown Frustration With Moscow.
European leaders hope that frustration Washington can take steps to put Moscow directly under pressure, perhaps by increasing the sanctions aimed at the oil and gas income that the Kremlin uses to finance his war efforts.
“In addition to the US, we call on Russia to agree to a complete and unconditional ceasefire to create the space for conversations about a just and permanent peace,” said European leaders in a joint statement before their visit. “We will continue to increase our support for Ukraine. Until Russia agrees with a permanent ceasefire, we will prepare the pressure on the Russian war machine.”
French president, Emmanuel Macron; the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz; The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer; And the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, started their visit to Kyiv with a solemn tribute to the thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in battle, laid flowers in an improvised monument in the heart of the capital.
The European leaders said they would discuss ways to strengthen the Ukrainian army to ensure that every future peace agreement is permanent. Together with President Volodyymyr Zensky van Ukraine, they were planned to hold a virtual briefing with other world leaders who form a group they call A “coalition of the willingness.”
But in the coming weeks will test whether the European solution and resources can adjust the scale of the challenge, because the result of the war is increasingly becoming the problem of Europe to resolve.
Despite months of hectic diplomatic activity and the desired desire of Mr Trump to end the fighting, the gap that separates the warring sides is as deep as always.
KYIV has agreed to the unconditional ceasefires of 30 days proposed by the United States. At the same time, Ukraine is racing to build his domestic weapon production and his European allies have increased their military aid. Even if Russia agrees to a ceasefire, Ukraine and his allies believe that the only way to ensure a permanent peace is through military power.
Dmitri S. Peskov, the spokesperson for Kremlin, said on Saturday that Russia remained against a ceasefire, unless Western Nations no longer provided to Ukraine, according to the Russian news agency Tass.
Mr Putin said that he wants to maintain control of the approximately 20 percent of Ukraine who have conquered his troops, but that he also wants Kyiv to surrender broad parts of East and South -Ukraine that his army has not used.
The visit to Kyiv was the first for Mr. Merz. Before he left for the journey, he warned that if Russia did not agree with the ceasefire, “there will be a huge hardening of sanctions and the massive assistance to Ukraine will continue – political, of course, but also financial and military.”
“The ball is now in the court of Putin,” he said. “Putin must respond to this offer.”
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