At the Table of negotiations in Alaska on August 15, to try to define the conditions for the end of the war in Ukraine, in addition to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin there could also be the Ukrainian President Zelensky. To advance this possibility was the US head of state, however hypothesis rejected by the leader of the Kremlin. The Ukrainian Head of State underlines that any agreement that provides for the sale of Ukrainian territories in Moscow must take place through the involvement and approval of Kyiv and not behind the Ukrainians who for three and a half years have undergone the war in their home.
The European Union was also cut off from the first interviews in Alaska, but European countries are not relegated to a corner. In a meeting organized in the United Kingdom by the British Foreign Minister, David Lammy, in the presence of the American vice -president JD Vance and by video call the representatives of Ukraine and various European countries, has been defined as a European plan with Kyiva counter -proposal compared to that of Moscow. Putin – according to when outlined in the meeting at the Kremlin with the US correspondent Steve Witkoff – would be willing to retire from the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzia – respectively close to Crimea and Donetsk – largely occupied by the Moscow forces; But, as a counter -or -inscription of the cease, the Ukrainian forces wants to completely withdraw from the balast of Donetsk and therefore recognize the Russian occupation of this region and that of Luhansk, as well as recognizing the annexation of Crimea to Russia.
The EU counter -proposal asks that the suit cease the fire is the premise from which to start And not the consequence of any Ukrainian withdrawal from Donetsk as Putin asks. Furthermore, any transfer of territories should be made only in mutual form.
For European leaders, it is clear that “significant negotiations can only take place in the context of a ceasefire or a reduction in hostilities. The path to peace cannot be decided without Ukraine”as we read in a joint declaration. “We underline our unwavering commitment in favor of sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine”, write the representatives of European countries.
Meanwhile, the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian territory do not stop and even decrease. Last night the Moscow forces launched a massif raid with a rain of one hundred drones of various types, 70 of which were demolished by the Ukrainians. Twelve locations in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv have been targeted. In the Kharkiv region, in north-eastern Ukraine, in addition to the capital city of Oblast, Russian drones hit various villages and caused a fire in a nursery. Ukraine, for its part, has claimed the liberation of a border village in the Oblast of Sumy, in the north of the country.
(Photo Reuters: US Vice President JD Vance with British Foreign Minister David Lammy in a meeting in Kent, United Kingdom)
