Although the ceasefire in Gaza still faces severe tests, U.S. President Trump has turned his attention to halting the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He first spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week and then met with Ukraine President Zelensky at the White House. Zelensky entered the White House three times, but it was reported that he had another quarrel with Trump and returned empty-handed on the "Tomahawk" issue.
Zelensky visited Ukraine for the third time and got nothing, no money, no missiles, no press conference, and the European Union began to rush. EU 10 countries and Ukraine issued a joint statement, Stammer, Meltz, Macron, Meloni, Von der Leyen, Finnish President Stab, Danish Prime Minister Fredrik Tusk, Polish Prime Minister and others called for a ceasefire in Russia. In addition, according to Bloomberg, European countries and Ukraine also jointly developed a 12-point ceasefire plan, which will fix the frontline of the current phase and become the basis for a diplomatic solution under U.S. control.
Mainly include:
1. Firmly support Trump's position that hostilities must cease immediately and the current line of contact must be the starting point of negotiations.
2. Continue to provide military assistance to Russia after the ceasefire and increase pressure on the Russian economy.
Plans to use Russian assets for the benefit of Kiev.
“We have unanimously decided to buy weapons with Russian money to fight Russia and force them to accept our terms.”
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov responded that the idea of stopping immediately meant forgetting the root cause and violating the agreement reached between Putin and Trump in Alaska. Special military operations are achieving their objectives and will undoubtedly succeed. and Poland’s threat to Putin’s special aircraft indicates that it was prepared to carry out a terrorist attack (previously, Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski warned that Putin’s special aircraft could be unsafe in Polish airspace).
The planly has not yet been approved by Washington, the report said: “The details of the plan are being finally determined and may be modified.”
These few wilting and wilting Europeans have set up Trump and prevented him from coming down. A cease-fire becomes a cease-fire, and the same old medicine remains the same! Russia's message is simple: a cease-fire if an agreement is reached. Ukraine will cease fire first. Let's talk slowly. Both Russia and Ukraine know about delaying tactics, it depends on who needs them. Europe and Zelensky stabilized Trump first, and stopped fire until Trump stepped down. This was a good plan. How many 007 tricks can Europe fall into? If you are so straightforward, can Russia spoil you?
CNN reports that Trump and Putin's meeting could be postponed
What abacus Europe has in its heart, you can see through it and tell it. Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, said, "Of course, we see that NATO is preparing for a war with our country. Their current task is to provide all necessary resources for the allied response force formed for this purpose in a short time."
In fact, it is the recent disadvantage of the Ukrainian battlefield, Europe and Ukraine want to curb the wave of Russian offensive by means of a ceasefire, Russia cannot promise. While wanting to negotiate a ceasefire, while also advocating an increase in arms support and economic blockade after the ceasefire, what about it?
At present, the two signs of the substantive start of the armistice negotiations-freezing the claim of territorial sovereignty and canceling the moral criticism of Russia-are far from being achieved.
As for Trump, he said earlier that the Russia-Ukraine war is Europe's own business. Trump has long said, "Ukraine thought they would win but was beaten out of the water! I never said they would win. What I said is, if we reach an agreement, they may win."
Trump's agreement was to cease fire in situ and each party declared victory! Russia and Ukraine should "divide" Donbas according to the current front line, delineate a ceasefire and withdraw their troops. Now that the United States and Russia have started negotiations, Europe is clamoring to come to the table and participate. Now Europe has successfully disrupted the situation before the United States and Russia have met.
Zelensky recently stated: Ukraine is ready to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In that case, what does Ukraine want? NATO didn't join, half of the country was lost, the whole city was destroyed, and the economy went backwards for decades... If I had known it today, why should I bother?