If Ukraine cannot attend the talks, it will not accept the results of the Russia-US negotiations. After meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in the UK, Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyy's office, along with Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Klimov, expressed this position.
During the meeting in the UK, Yermak asked Harris to involve Ukraine in the negotiations and provide security guarantees and weapons supplies to allow the Russia-Ukraine conflict to continue. However, according to his post on the "Telegram" channel, this goal was not achieved, at least not in obtaining the US's agreement for Ukraine to participate in the negotiations. Yermak wrote on the "Telegram" channel: "Only if Ukraine is seated at the negotiation table, respecting our sovereignty and not recognizing the occupation, can there be a reliable and lasting peace. Ceasefire is necessary, but the front line is not the boundary."
Before the US-Russia summit, these actions by Ukraine are undoubtedly an irritation, trying to disrupt the Trump meeting. But the more they do this, the less likely Russia will compromise on the conditions for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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