US EditionTrump Reverses on the Need for a Ceasefire Before Potential Peace in Ukraine
Putin demands Ukraine surrender Donetsk and Luhansk regions and offers to freeze fighting in southern territories if conditions are met, while Ukraine rejects territorial concessions.
- During the August 15 summit with US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that Ukraine must relinquish control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east as a prerequisite for halting the conflict.
- This demand followed ongoing conflict with Russia controlling nearly all of Luhansk and about 70 percent of Donetsk, while Ukraine firmly rejected ceding territory, emphasizing sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- Putin promised to halt advances and maintain the current positions in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions if his conditions were fulfilled, while Trump seemed to support moving toward a lasting peace agreement rather than simply achieving a ceasefire.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky planned to meet Trump on Monday in Washington to discuss ending the war, stating he would address details about stopping the killings, but has previously rejected territorial concessions as 'unserious'.
- Despite nearly three hours of talks, the summit ended without a peace deal, leaving the complex negotiations unresolved amid pressure from European leaders for careful diplomacy prioritizing peace over prolonged conflict.
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Vladimir Putin demands that the Donbass go completely under Russian control before any concession on his part on the settlement of the war in Ukraine. (International).
Donald Trump would now support a Russian plan for full control of the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts in the Donbass strategic region. A plan he should present to Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday.
Whether the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was indeed the decisive first step towards peace is questionable, because the boldest demands the Kremlin leader makes for an end of the war are almost unchanged. Will Selenskyy get involved in this?
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thueringen24.deKremlin leader Putin is not moving away from his conditions for peace. In Alaska he is said to have faced Trump directly with them.
Putin told Trump Russia would end the war if Ukraine ceded Donetsk; Zelensky refused
Putin offered to freeze fighting in southern regions if Ukraine ceded Donetsk. Zelensky refused while Trump pushed for a peace agreement, leaving European capitals anxious over Moscow’s growing leverage in the war’s next phase.
Several U.S. media reports, citing insiders, that Kremlin chief Putin of Ukraine has demanded the abandonment of the Donbass regions Luhansk and Donetsk. The White House plays down the discovery of documents on the Alaska Summit in a hotel.
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