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Irish Independent
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska will bring ‘dead solutions' if Ukraine is not involved in peace talks, Zelensky says
Mr Trump announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow. Earlier, the President had said he will meet 'very shortly' with Mr Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will announce the location soon. 'We're going to have a meeting with Russia, start off with Russia. And we'll announce a location. I think the location will be a very popular one,' Mr Trump said. Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to 'dead solutions'. In a statement posted to Telegram, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine's territorial integrity, enshrined in the constitution, must be non-negotiable and emphasised that lasting peace must include Ukraine's voice at the table. Touching on Ukrainian anxieties that a direct meeting between Mr Putin and Mr Trump could marginalise Kyiv and European interests, Mr Zelensky said: 'Any solutions that are without Ukraine, are at the same time, solutions against peace. 'They will not bring anything. These are dead solutions, they will never work.' Ukrainian officials previously said Kyiv would be amenable to a peace deal that would de facto recognise Ukraine's inability to regain lost territories militarily. Mr Zelensky said Ukraine 'will not give Russia any awards for what it has done' and that 'Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier'. Those comments came as Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war and Mr Trump's deadline arrived on Friday for the Kremlin to make peace. Exasperated that Mr Putin did not heed his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, Mr Trump almost two weeks ago moved up his ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin did not move toward a settlement. Mr Trump's efforts to pressure Mr Putin into stopping the fighting have so far delivered no progress. Russia's bigger army is slowly advancing deeper into Ukraine at great cost in troops and armour while it relentlessly bombards Ukrainian cities. Russia and Ukraine are far apart on their terms for peace. Ukrainian forces are locked in intense battles along the 620-mile front line that snakes from north-east to south-east Ukraine. The Pokrovsk area of the eastern Donetsk region is taking the brunt of punishment as Russia seeks to break out into the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine has significant manpower shortages. Intense fighting is also taking place in Ukraine's northern Sumy border region, where Ukrainian forces are engaging Russian soldiers to prevent reinforcements being sent from there to Donetsk. In the Pokrovsk area of Donetsk, a commander said he believes Moscow is not interested in peace. 'It is impossible to negotiate with them. The only option is to defeat them,' Buda, a commander of a drone unit in the Spartan Brigade, told The Associated Press. He used only his call sign, in keeping with the rules of the Ukrainian military. 'I would like them to agree and for all this to stop, but Russia will not agree to that. It does not want to negotiate. So the only option is to defeat them,' he said. In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a howitzer commander using the call sign Warsaw, said troops are determined to thwart Russia's invasion. 'We are on our land, we have no way out,' he said. 'So we stand our ground, we have no choice.' The Kremlin said that Mr Putin had a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which the Russian leader informed Mr Xi about the results of his meeting earlier this week with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. Kremlin officials said Mr Xi 'expressed support for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on a long-term basis.' Mr Putin is due to visit China next month. China, along with North Korea and Iran, have provided military support for Russia's war effort, the US says. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on X that he also had a call with Mr Putin to speak about the latest Ukraine developments. Mr Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, which the American president says is helping to finance Russia's war. Mr Putin's calls followed his phone conversations with the leaders of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, the Kremlin said.
India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Proposed US-Russia peace deal would hand Putin major gains in Ukraine: Report
The United States and Russia are weighing a peace deal that would redraw Ukraine's borders and cement Moscow's territorial gains, with US President Donald Trump hinting at a 'swapping of territories' between the warring sides. Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, said the proposal would see Ukraine surrender the entire eastern Donbas, Crimea, and parts of Luhansk and Donetsk — a plan Kyiv has yet to to the Bloomberg report, the proposed settlement would require Ukraine to pull its forces from the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, while Russia would halt offensive operations in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. If the report is true, the deal would be a big victory for Putin, who began the Ukraine invasion in February 2022. However, it remains unclear whether Moscow would give up any of the land it currently Trump, speaking on Friday, offered only a broad outline. 'Any agreement would likely involve some swapping of territories,' he said, without going into specifics. 'President Putin, I believe, wants to see peace, and Zelenskyy wants to see peace. In all fairness to President Zelenskyy, he's getting everything he needs to, assuming we get something done.' Putin and Trump are expected to meet for talks next week in Alaska, with Washington working to rally support from Ukraine and European allies — a task Bloomberg described as 'far from certain.'In July, Trump set a 50-day deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire but has since reduced that target to a 'lesser number,' saying he is 'very disappointed' that Moscow has not eased its the battlefield, Ukrainian forces remain under severe pressure. The Pokrovsk area of Donetsk is bearing the brunt of Russia's assault as the Kremlin tries to push into the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine's army is grappling with manpower shortages, while in the north, heavy fighting in Sumy aims to stop Russian troops from redeploying to the many on the front lines, the idea of negotiating with Moscow is a nonstarter. 'It is impossible to negotiate with them. The only option is to defeat them,' said Buda, a drone unit commander in Ukraine's Spartan Brigade, speaking to the Associated Press. 'The only option is to defeat them.'- EndsMust Watch
Leader Live
a day ago
- Politics
- Leader Live
Trump says he will meet with Putin in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine
Mr Trump announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow. Earlier, the President had said he will meet 'very shortly' with Mr Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will announce the location soon. 'We're going to have a meeting with Russia, start off with Russia. And we'll announce a location. I think the location will be a very popular one,' Mr Trump said. Those comments came as Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war and Mr Trump's deadline arrived on Friday for the Kremlin to make peace. Exasperated that Mr Putin did not heed his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, Mr Trump almost two weeks ago moved up his ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin did not move toward a settlement. Mr Trump's efforts to pressure Mr Putin into stopping the fighting have so far delivered no progress. Russia's bigger army is slowly advancing deeper into Ukraine at great cost in troops and armour while it relentlessly bombards Ukrainian cities. Russia and Ukraine are far apart on their terms for peace. Ukrainian forces are locked in intense battles along the 620-mile front line that snakes from north-east to south-east Ukraine. The Pokrovsk area of the eastern Donetsk region is taking the brunt of punishment as Russia seeks to break out into the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine has significant manpower shortages. Intense fighting is also taking place in Ukraine's northern Sumy border region, where Ukrainian forces are engaging Russian soldiers to prevent reinforcements being sent from there to Donetsk. In the Pokrovsk area of Donetsk, a commander said he believes Moscow is not interested in peace. 'It is impossible to negotiate with them. The only option is to defeat them,' Buda, a commander of a drone unit in the Spartan Brigade, told The Associated Press. He used only his call sign, in keeping with the rules of the Ukrainian military. 'I would like them to agree and for all this to stop, but Russia will not agree to that. It does not want to negotiate. So the only option is to defeat them,' he said. In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a howitzer commander using the call sign Warsaw, said troops are determined to thwart Russia's invasion. 'We are on our land, we have no way out,' he said. 'So we stand our ground, we have no choice.' The Kremlin said that Mr Putin had a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which the Russian leader informed Mr Xi about the results of his meeting earlier this week with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. Kremlin officials said Mr Xi 'expressed support for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on a long-term basis.' Mr Putin is due to visit China next month. China, along with North Korea and Iran, have provided military support for Russia's war effort, the US says. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on X that he also had a call with Mr Putin to speak about the latest Ukraine developments. Mr Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, which the American president says is helping to finance Russia's war. Mr Putin's calls followed his phone conversations with the leaders of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, the Kremlin said.
Powys County Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Powys County Times
Trump says he will meet with Putin in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska. Mr Trump announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow. Earlier, the President had said he will meet 'very shortly' with Mr Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will announce the location soon. 'We're going to have a meeting with Russia, start off with Russia. And we'll announce a location. I think the location will be a very popular one,' Mr Trump said. Those comments came as Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war and Mr Trump's deadline arrived on Friday for the Kremlin to make peace. Exasperated that Mr Putin did not heed his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, Mr Trump almost two weeks ago moved up his ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin did not move toward a settlement. Mr Trump's efforts to pressure Mr Putin into stopping the fighting have so far delivered no progress. Russia's bigger army is slowly advancing deeper into Ukraine at great cost in troops and armour while it relentlessly bombards Ukrainian cities. Russia and Ukraine are far apart on their terms for peace. Ukrainian forces are locked in intense battles along the 620-mile front line that snakes from north-east to south-east Ukraine. The Pokrovsk area of the eastern Donetsk region is taking the brunt of punishment as Russia seeks to break out into the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine has significant manpower shortages. Intense fighting is also taking place in Ukraine's northern Sumy border region, where Ukrainian forces are engaging Russian soldiers to prevent reinforcements being sent from there to Donetsk. In the Pokrovsk area of Donetsk, a commander said he believes Moscow is not interested in peace. 'It is impossible to negotiate with them. The only option is to defeat them,' Buda, a commander of a drone unit in the Spartan Brigade, told The Associated Press. He used only his call sign, in keeping with the rules of the Ukrainian military. 'I would like them to agree and for all this to stop, but Russia will not agree to that. It does not want to negotiate. So the only option is to defeat them,' he said. In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a howitzer commander using the call sign Warsaw, said troops are determined to thwart Russia's invasion. 'We are on our land, we have no way out,' he said. 'So we stand our ground, we have no choice.' The Kremlin said that Mr Putin had a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which the Russian leader informed Mr Xi about the results of his meeting earlier this week with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. Kremlin officials said Mr Xi 'expressed support for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on a long-term basis.' Mr Putin is due to visit China next month. China, along with North Korea and Iran, have provided military support for Russia's war effort, the US says. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on X that he also had a call with Mr Putin to speak about the latest Ukraine developments. Mr Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, which the American president says is helping to finance Russia's war. Mr Putin's calls followed his phone conversations with the leaders of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, the Kremlin said.
South Wales Guardian
a day ago
- Politics
- South Wales Guardian
Trump says he will meet with Putin in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine
Mr Trump announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow. Earlier, the President had said he will meet 'very shortly' with Mr Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will announce the location soon. 'We're going to have a meeting with Russia, start off with Russia. And we'll announce a location. I think the location will be a very popular one,' Mr Trump said. Those comments came as Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war and Mr Trump's deadline arrived on Friday for the Kremlin to make peace. Exasperated that Mr Putin did not heed his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, Mr Trump almost two weeks ago moved up his ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin did not move toward a settlement. Mr Trump's efforts to pressure Mr Putin into stopping the fighting have so far delivered no progress. Russia's bigger army is slowly advancing deeper into Ukraine at great cost in troops and armour while it relentlessly bombards Ukrainian cities. Russia and Ukraine are far apart on their terms for peace. Ukrainian forces are locked in intense battles along the 620-mile front line that snakes from north-east to south-east Ukraine. The Pokrovsk area of the eastern Donetsk region is taking the brunt of punishment as Russia seeks to break out into the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine has significant manpower shortages. Intense fighting is also taking place in Ukraine's northern Sumy border region, where Ukrainian forces are engaging Russian soldiers to prevent reinforcements being sent from there to Donetsk. In the Pokrovsk area of Donetsk, a commander said he believes Moscow is not interested in peace. 'It is impossible to negotiate with them. The only option is to defeat them,' Buda, a commander of a drone unit in the Spartan Brigade, told The Associated Press. He used only his call sign, in keeping with the rules of the Ukrainian military. 'I would like them to agree and for all this to stop, but Russia will not agree to that. It does not want to negotiate. So the only option is to defeat them,' he said. In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a howitzer commander using the call sign Warsaw, said troops are determined to thwart Russia's invasion. 'We are on our land, we have no way out,' he said. 'So we stand our ground, we have no choice.' The Kremlin said that Mr Putin had a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which the Russian leader informed Mr Xi about the results of his meeting earlier this week with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. Kremlin officials said Mr Xi 'expressed support for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on a long-term basis.' Mr Putin is due to visit China next month. China, along with North Korea and Iran, have provided military support for Russia's war effort, the US says. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on X that he also had a call with Mr Putin to speak about the latest Ukraine developments. Mr Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, which the American president says is helping to finance Russia's war. Mr Putin's calls followed his phone conversations with the leaders of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, the Kremlin said.
