Trump Pressures Zelenskyy to Cede Territory
The Financial Times' headline today is that US President Trump met with visiting Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the White House last Friday, and details of the meeting are now starting to leak. The report cites sources who say the atmosphere during the meeting was tense, with Trump shouting at Zelenskyy multiple times. The report also reveals that during the meeting, Trump asked Zelenskyy to accept the ceasefire conditions proposed by Russian President Putin, and said that Putin had stated that if Ukraine did not agree, it would destroy Ukraine. The report also says that Trump also demanded that Ukraine cede the entire Donbas region to Russia, which was one of the ceasefire conditions that Putin had proposed to Trump the day before. However, Zelenskyy eventually persuaded Trump to agree that both sides would maintain their current frontline positions. The report also points out that Zelenskyy and his team's visit to the White House was originally to seek Trump's approval to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles. However, Trump ultimately did not agree to this request. Zelenskyy also issued a statement yesterday saying that the United States, Europe, G20, and G7 need to take decisive steps to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
The Daily Telegraph also reported that when US President Trump met with visiting Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the White House, he kept shouting and using vulgar language, and threw aside the map of the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war that Zelenskyy showed him, demanding that the latter cede the entire Donbas region to Russia. However, Zelenskyy refused Trump's demands, but he also did not get Trump's agreement to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles. The report also quotes German Chancellor Merkel, who said on Saturday that Zelenskyy's visit to the White House did not achieve the desired results. The report also notes that US President Trump will hold another summit with Russian President Putin in the next two weeks to discuss the possibility of ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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