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One thousand four hundred and eighty-fourth day. Finnish President: The EU could make a deal with Trump - assistance in the war with Iran in exchange for assistance to Ukraine

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Negotiations to end the Russian-Ukrainian war are quickly approaching a “moment of truth” that could force Ukraine to accept an unfavorable agreement, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in a speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, Politico writes .

Stubb believes that if negotiations break down now, Europe could find itself in a difficult position - and will be forced to increase its assistance to Ukraine with intelligence and weapons without support from the United States.

The President of Finland called a potential deal between Europe and Donald Trump, which would provide assistance in the US-Iranian war in exchange for support for Ukraine, a “good idea.”

The US Presidentcalls on Europeans to help Washington ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz, which is effectively blocked due to the war. Germany and Great Britain have already refused to do this. However, according to Stubb, European countries could return to this issue in exchange for Trump's greater attention to Ukraine.

It is believed that Stubb has a more trusting relationship with Trump than the heads of the largest EU countries - Germany, France and Italy. Influential US Senator Lindsey Graham called Stubb “a bridge between Europe and Trump.”

In Ukraine, Stubb was called an “invaluable intermediary” in relations with the US President. In January it became known that the President of Finland could become the main representative of the European Union in possible negotiations with Russia.

Stubb himself, speaking in London, emphasized that he “has no illusions that anyone can convince Trump of anything.” “If I can get at least one idea out of ten on Ukraine, I consider it good,” he said.

Trilateral negotiations between the United States, Ukraine and Russia to end the war have been on pause since late February due to the fact that Trump’s main focus is now on Iran. Zelensky, in an interview with the BBC released yesterday, said that he has “very bad feelings” about how the US-Iran war will affect Russia’s war with Ukraine.

War in photographs. Kiev metro

In the Kyiv metro, at some stations, tent cities have been set up, in which people who are forced to take shelter underground due to regular rocket attacks are spending the night. At night, the stations become both a resting place and a work area where employees carry out repairs and maintenance of the tracks.

“I don’t want to lie in bed at home and be afraid: it will fly or not. Moreover, this is an area where people fly in often. We saw rockets overhead more than once. I know that some people are so tired at work that they don’t want to leave home. But I have this opportunity. So why not? - said one of the women who regularly goes down to the subway at night.

War through the eyes of Meduza readers

Agata (Ufa) . All I remember is the war. I spent my entire conscious life watching TV, where they tell terrible (and most importantly, untrue) things. When the war began (how I hate that word!), I was eight years old. An eight-year-old girl had similar queries in the search bar at the end of February 2022: “will there be a war?”, “how long will it last?” Instead of doing [homework on the subject] “the world around us,” I wanted to make sure that war was just a big word, that it would end in two days. I had dreams about the Great Patriotic War so many times that I was partly glad that I did not live in the 20th century, that I did not experience it. At school I hear about the so-called SVO every day. We are told that she is a blessing. But most of all I feel sorry for you, adults. You lived before all this, you know Russia differently, which is why you may miss it, unlike me.

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