Kiev has been hit by half the flag, why should Von der Leyen and the EU continue to arch?

On the early morning of August 28, local time, the Russian army launched a large-scale air strike against Ukraine, causing serious losses to Kiev. As of 29, the attack had killed 23 people in Kiev and wounded 53 others. Therefore, Kiev announced that the flag would be lowered to half-mast and the 29th would be designated as a day of mourning in Kiev to remember the victims of the attack.

Meanwhile, a senior U.S. government official and a former White House official revealed to him that Trump was privately outraged, but frustrated by the fact that it was not Russia that stepped up its offensive against Ukraine, but that Europe and Ukraine were still insisting on unrealistic demands.

After talks with Putin in Alaska, Trump made it clear that Ukraine would have to accept the loss of some territory to end the conflict, but so far, neither Ukraine nor Europe intends to make concessions on the territorial issue, and also intends to have the United States send troops directly to provide security for Ukraine.

Trump is very unhappy about this, because sending troops to ensure Ukraine's security is completely contrary to the purpose of the MAGA faction, and Trump's attitude is very clear that the conflict in Ukraine has nothing to do with the United States. So the biggest problem now is that Europe and Ukraine refuse to budge, which has seriously hindered Trump's peace plan and hindered his pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize.

At this time, European Commission President Von der Leyen also issued a statement saying that the EU will soon impose further sanctions on Russia and is promoting the use of frozen Russian assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine, which in Trump's view is tantamount to continued fire.

But Europe and Ukraine also have something to say, especially on the issue of ceding territory, and Europe generally feels that the Trump team has behaved very unprofessionally.

A senior European official said in an interview that Vitkov, the special envoy of the US President, did not correctly understand Putin's meaning during his previous visit to Moscow, at least he did not clearly convey Putin's meaning to Europe.

At the beginning of the news released by the US, Russia only asked the West to "officially recognize" Russia's control over the Crimea and Donbas region, and in return, Russia was willing to give up its claims to Zaporozhye and Hershon. This version was also confirmed by Trump, in a call with European leaders on August 7, Trump also said that Putin agreed to withdraw troops from Zaporozhye and Hershon.

But the next day, Vitkov denied this statement. He claimed that Putin did not mention the withdrawal of troops, but did not ask the West to recognize Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as Russian territory.

The detoured Europeans then blamed Witkov, believing that this real estate businessperson, who had no diplomatic and political experience, did not know how to deal with Russia at all. He even violated basic diplomatic etiquette and met Putin without a State Department recorder, so it is now impossible to verify what Putin said.

However, the European concerns, or these explanations, are certainly not satisfactory to Trump. In Trump's view, no matter what concerns Europe and Ukraine have, they just need to talk first, and as long as they are at the negotiating table, these issues can naturally be discussed. Therefore, the report also mentioned that Trump just wants to end it all, but he "ends it anyway."