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A thousand two hundred seventy -first days. Macron, Mertz, Melony and other European leaders will go with Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington. They are afraid of repetition of the quarrel of presidents, writes Politico

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Who will join the negotiations of Zelensky and Trump in the White House

The warm meeting of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin alarmed European leaders in Alaska, they are afraid that Vladimir Zelensky will not provide the same “friendly reception on August 18 in Washington, Politico writes with reference to European diplomats.

The European leaders decided to send Alexander Stubba - “one of Trump's favorite interlocutors” to negotiations in the White House of Finland President. It is assumed that Stubb will help to avoid possible conflicts between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, and will also convince Trump to include Europe in further negotiations on the cessation of war in Ukraine. Shortly after the publication of Politico, the office of the President of Finland confirmed that Stubb would go to Washington.

The European allies of Ukraine want to avoid a repetition of the failure that occurred in February in the White House, when Zelensky and Trump publicly quarreled during a meeting in the oval office. Now they are trying to prevent a “trap” that could destroy the “fragile trust” between the presidents. In this regard, General Secretary of NATO Mark Rutte, who "maintains close relations with Trump, will join the meeting.

The Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz , French President Emmanuel Macron and the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen, officially confirmed their participation in the White House - the latter said that she would take part in the meeting of Trump at the request of Zelensky. According to Sky News, the Prime Minister of Italy George Melony will also go to negotiations in the White House.

After negotiations with Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump in a conversation with European leaders and Zelensky urged them to stop demanding an immediate ceasefire from Moscow. He stated that he agreed with the President of the Russian Federation: two warring countries need to agree on a peace treaty, and not on a truce, "which are often not respected."

For the next two days after the negotiations, the Western media, citing sources, told what requirements Putin put forward during the summit with Trump. Among them is the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. In response, Putin is ready to freeze the remaining part of the front line (which will leave the parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions under the control of Russia, as well as, as Reuters sources say , to return to Ukraine control over the occupied parts of the Sumy and Kharkov regions. According to the agency, Zelensky, during a telephone conversation with Trump and European leaders, refused to withdraw troops from Donbass. Financial Times claims that despite the refusal to transfer to Russia the Donbass, Zelensky is “open to discuss the territorial issue” with Trump.

In addition, Putin requires the recognition of the annexed Crimea by the Russian, withdrawal of part of the sanctions, the provision of the Russian language in Ukraine, and also not to prevent the work of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC -MP).

According to Axios and CNN, if negotiations with Zelensky are successful, Trump wants to hold a tripartite summit with the participation of the President of Russia and Ukraine on Friday, August 22.

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Elena (Bakhmut). When it all started, it did not fit in my head that this is possible that Russia will come to kill us and destroy everything around. I am from a mixed Russian-Ukrainian family. Parents always lived together, spoke both languages ​​and considered it normal. Probably happiness that they no longer see this. I, a Russian -speaking resident of Donbass, was devoid of “liberators” of everything: at home, apartments, work, calm old age and even the graves of parents.

Now, instead of my beautiful and flowering city, dead ruins. There are no people there, there is no life there. I went abroad, and many thanks to that small European country that accepted us, provided all necessary, people who treat us well. But it’s a shame to wander for the seventh ten years, to remain without hope, without a future. And what is the “liberator” offer now - give me the fact that I am unsuccessfully trying to win 1270 days, but I will not take what I can’t pick up for 1270 days. He understands that there are still large cities that they will not go, if for the unfortunate watch a yar, in which there were nine thousand people, fought a year and a half. And the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of people does not care about those who supposedly "fights for the world."

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