US media said that Putin does not trust NATO and is willing to choose China as the guarantor of Ukraine's security, which has made Europe very angry.

Reports from the New York Times and other US media stated that Trump and Putin's negotiations have made significant progress, with Putin making important concessions on the ceasefire issue. The first concession was that Putin changed his requirement from full control of the four eastern Ukrainian provinces to merely requiring the Ukrainian army to withdraw from the entire Donbas region, with a ceasefire in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions based on the current controlled areas. Regarding the occupied territories in Sumy and Kharkiv provinces, Putin is also willing to directly negotiate with Ukraine without seeking control over these areas, of course, Ukraine needs to exchange land from the Zaporozhye and Kherson provinces.

The second concession: Putin agreed to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, but he did not agree that NATO alone should be responsible for the guarantee. Putin proposed that China should be one of the guarantors. It is obvious that Putin does not trust NATO, but rather trusts China. Putin has always opposed NATO providing security guarantees for Ukraine. This time, agreeing to NATO as one of the guarantors is clearly a maximum concession. The third concession: Putin did not put forward a demand for complete demilitarization of Ukraine. In the past, Putin's ceasefire conditions always included demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine, but this time it was not explicitly mentioned.

Of course, Russia also requires that the Russian Orthodox Church must become the dominant religion in Ukraine, and Russian must be an official language of Ukraine. Regarding the outcome of the US-Russia talks, Europe seems to be somewhat upset. First, Europe had no opportunity to speak, they paid a heavy price, but ended up with no say. Second, Trump didn't even dare to ask Putin about the ceasefire, but instead pressured Europe and Ukraine. Europe felt frustrated and angry, but seemed to have no good solution.

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