Last night, President Zelensky, Prime Minister Starmer, Prime Minister Merz, President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Prime Minister Tusk, President von der Leyen, President Costa, Prime Minister Steller, President Stubb and Prime Minister Fredericksen just finished issuing a joint statement on Ukrainian peace.
In less than 24 hours, Russia bombed Ukraine again. The leaders of the Western world were indeed a group of grassroots teams, and a group of people were played around by Putin.
Why are Western leaders now eager to end the Russian-Ukrainian war under Trump?Why is Russia still choosing to bomb Ukraine after Western leaders have released their will?
Peace conditions cannot be accepted by Russia
According to the latest news from domestic and foreign media on October 22, Trump’s latest peace efforts have been heavily disrupted by Russia’s repeated drone and missile attacks on Ukraine after a joint statement by Ukraine and several leaders, which Ukrainian authorities said caused at least two civilians to die and more than a dozen to be wounded.
The areas of the attack included the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the central region of Portava and the residential district of Zaporozhye in the south, as well as some of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
The bombing directly interrupted the production of gas needed to heat more than half of Ukraine, and even the northern regions have begun to run out of power.
According to reports from the U.S. media Reuters, the United States and Russia have shelved the scheduled summit between Trump and Putin in Budapest.
Moscow's refusal to cease fire in Ukraine immediately also means that Trump's peace price is not enough. Western diplomats revealed to reporters in Reuters that Russia wanted too much, and the United States realized that there would be no peace agreement in Budapest.
Before the ceasefire agreement was reached, U.S. President Trump had already begun to brag about himself in the White House. He said that the ranking of U.S. presidents was from George Washington to himself, but regretted that even he had to put himself behind Washington.
I was very angry at this man at the time, Washington and Lincoln did not stop eight wars, but I stopped eight, and the ninth is coming, believe it or not by you.
Today's Trump has been immersed in false achievements and the flattery of speculators around him. Right or wrong doesn't matter anymore, but he is enjoying the taste of presidential rights.
Not only is the current US president unable to resolve domestic conflicts, which has led to the official shutdown of the US government, but even European countries on the Russia-Ukraine battlefield are unwilling to accept Trump's proposal.
This is also why Zelensky and European leaders issued a joint statement to open a ceasefire negotiation, which is the main reason Russia has chosen Ukraine.
Europe's peace agreement shows ignorance and arrogance
The conditions of a ceasefire proposed by Europeans, let alone Putin, and even Zelensky, the leaders of this group of Europe, looking only to extract more profits from this war, have not considered whether the Russian side would give them a face.
European leaders have proposed, with the current front line on the battlefield as the line of division, a halt to mass combat to create a stable space for subsequent peace negotiations.
And during the ceasefire, European countries will provide collective security guarantees to Ukraine, such as signing a security treaty with multiple countries or defense commitments to prevent a war from breaking out again, which is basically equivalent to Ukraine’s accession to NATO, Putin promised.
On post-war reconstruction, Europe would set up the Ukraine Reconstruction and Stability Fund to help Ukraine repair its infrastructure, housing and energy systems, which is to raise money for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
In terms of funding, Europe wants to use Russian sovereign assets and oligarchic assets frozen during the war to defend or rebuild Ukraine, which is insulting to Putin and Russia, which is equivalent to winning the war and Russia has to pay war compensation.
Besides, Europe also wants to leave Trump aside and go alone, because if the United States participates in this peace negotiation, the cake is too small, and Europe won't get any benefits at all.
It is also necessary to establish an accountability mechanism to conduct international review of war crimes, asset transfers and compensation. European-led observer missions or peacekeeping forces are responsible for supervising the implementation of the ceasefire. Looking at this article alone, I think that the defeated party is Russia.
With regard to these agreements proposed by Europe, one can say that no Russian President Putin could promise.
Although Trump is a little unreliable, he has at least done his homework in mediating the Russia-Ukraine war. Judging from all kinds of concessions, he knows that it will be difficult for Ukraine to win this war, so he is willing to exchange Ukraine's territory and interests for peace. Putin is at least interested in the plan he proposed.
Now swept by Europe, this war does not know when it will be fought.