The purpose of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky during a meeting with the leader of the United States Donald Trump on Monday, August 18, will establish the "
According to the interlocutor of the publication, to achieve the goals, Zelensky is ready to go to the “acceptable compromise” on the current front line, which Ukrainians could accept.
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor noted that Zelensky would be good "
" She has no other choice, ”he advised Ukrainians.
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At the same time, several current and former officials of the United States and Ukraine are quite pessimistic about Monday meeting, fearing that Zelensky can be difficult to change the dynamics in favor of Kyiv.
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Another deputy, Julia Klimenko, said that he was afraid of Trump's wrath if Zelensky would be too tough or to confront him too much.
They believe that Zelensky should be played on Trump's peacekeeping ambitions to prevent Ukraine by the president of the USA.
Zelensky could also argue that without guarantees of the security of the United States - without holding the remnants of Ukrainian fortified positions in Donetsk and Lugansk - Putin may invade again, putting an agreement between the United States and Ukraine on minerals, because a significant part of the critically important minerals of Ukraine is located in the eastern regions.
Klimpush-Tsintsadze emphasized that any settlement should not reward Russia for its aggression, saying that the "
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A senior official of Ukrainian security services said that this is why any agreement should cost the paper on which it is printed.
" And relations with Russia are a matter of power, ”he said.
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The publication notes that Zelensky at a meeting in the White House should avoid the tragedy that occurred in February, when the vice president Jay Di Wence criticized the Ukrainian leader in front of the cameras, and Trump accused him-not Vlamir Putin-of the gambling game with the Third World War "
After this failure, the United States briefly froze the supply of vital weapons and the exchange of intelligence data with Ukraine. Since then, the relations of countries have improved slightly, "
This time Zelensky will arrive in Washington with reinforcement. Among the leaders of Europe, the US President of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen arrived in the USA, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, British Prime Minister Kir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ukraine Konstantin Eliseev believes that " According to him, the meeting on Monday will be devoted to the "
The best result, according to Eliseev, could be a “quick decision” by Trump to increase the pressure on Putin and his allies with the help of sanctions from hell ”.
" The worst scenario is the ultimatum of Trump Zelensky and European leaders to sign the agreements [with Putin] in Alaska or continue to fight without further US support, ”the diplomat predicts.
The key for Ukraine is the opposition of the seizure of the rest of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which Putin introduced to Trump in Alaska, and which is a red line for Kyiv.
At the same time, Putin said that his troops would continue the offensive and shelling even during peace negotiations, which means that time is crucial.
The meeting of Zelensky and Trump will take place after the negotiations of Donald Trump and the leader of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15. Trump's special representative Steve Whitkoff said that the leaders of the countries agreed that the United States could offer Ukraine guarantees of security guarantees. At the same time, the “red flag” for the head of the Kremlin is the entry of Ukraine to NATO.
Also, according to Witkoff, Putin allegedly "
After the meeting in Alaska, it becomes more and more obvious that Putin played the jack and created the illusion of readiness for “Big business” with Trump, but not only in relation to a rare earth or oil with gas, but primarily in relation to Ukraine, a country that has no value to the USA in the coordinate system of the US president, but is one of the sources of its problems and failures. About the results of the summit in Alaska and about how and why Ukraine ended up in the corridor of opportunities with the choice between a bad and very bad script, read the article "