Ukraine War: Russia, Trump-Zelensky Meeting News
Volodymyr Zelensky says he can meet with Vladimir Putin only after receiving security guarantees. “We want to have an agreement on the architecture of the security guarantees within seven, ten days. And on the basis of that understanding we aim for a trilateral meeting,” he said, speaking to journalists in Kiev, thus returning to talking about a summit not only with Putin but also with Donald Trump. About the possible locationthe Ukrainian president said that “we agree with Switzerland, Austria”. “For us, Turkey is a country born and part of Europe and we do not oppose,” he added.
Guardian: “Trump takes step back from the Russia-Ukraine mediation”
Donald Trump has decided to take a step back in the mediation Russia and Ukraine and want Moscow and Kiev to organize a meeting between their leaders without intervening directly for now. This was reported by the White House officials to the Guardian. In an interview with the conductor of the Talk Levin Tuesday Tuesday, the president also said he believed that it would have been better for Putin and Zelensky to meet without him at first. A high US official defined the new position of the Tycoon a sort of “awaiting attitude”, also testified by the fact that Trump entrusted the dossier to Rubio.
Hungary reiterates, “contrary to Kiev’s adhesion to the EU”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjaria has strongly denied that Donald Trump telephoned the Premier Viktor Orban asking him not to hinder the adhesion of Ukraine to the EU. “It did not happen, and our position has not changed: we are contrary to the entrance” of Kiev in the Union, he still reiterated the minister talking to journalists.
Lavrov will lead Russian delegation to General Assembly
Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov will guide the Russian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, at the end of September. This was established by a decree of the Russian president. The approved delegation includes, among others, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs Serghei Vershinin, the president of the International Affairs Commission of the Council of the Federation, Grigory Karasin, the permanent representative of the Russian Federation at the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzja, and the president of the International Affairs Commission of the Duma of State, Leonid Slutsky. The 80th General Assembly of the United Nations will be held at the end of September.
Erdogan a Macron “Ready to host Velice Pace”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received a phone call from the French colleague Emmanuel Macron and confirmed the availability of Turkey to host a peace summit between Russia and Ukraine. Erdogan, says the office of the Presidency, reiterated that Turkey is ready to “do its part” and “to be the landlord”. The two leaders also spoke of the Israel plan to take control of the Gaza strip. A plan that Erdogan criticized hard, calling “mandatory” to stop the brazenness of the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
EU, with Trump also spoken of enlargement
The question of the enlargement and entrance of Ukraine in the EU “was raised” during the meeting in Washington among the EU leaders, the US president, Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. This was confirmed by the spokesman for the European Commission, Arianna Podestà, during the daily briefing with the press. “European leaders obviously underlined the importance of the process of adhesion for Ukraine, which is also fundamental in the context of the security guarantees. Discussions that, as you know, are still in progress,” he added. “Our position on enlargement is extremely clear. In the first place it is up to Ukraine, and only to Ukraine as a sovereign country, decide whether he wants to continue pursuing the path towards adhesion. Then, of course, will he have to hope for the Member States of the European Union to establish whether all the steps that lead to the enlargement have been taken or not”, said Podestà. “As you know, our position is to present to the Council a proposal to start the negotiations on the first cluster. In our opinion, it is important that the Member States soon allow the start of these negotiations. We will continue to dialogue with them on this issue,” he concluded.
Lavrov, for peace evaluate legitimacy signature of Zelensky
“When and if, hopefully”, a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine will be signed, the problem of the legitimacy of the person who will sign these agreements “by Kiev must be” solved. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov, referring to President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose mandate expired in May 2024 without having held new elections due to the martial law in force in the country. This was reported by the Interfax agency.
Lavrov, no security guarantees if logical is clash
“Moscow refuses security guarantees for Ukraine based on the logic of clash with Russia”. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister, Serghei Lavrov, as reported by the Tass agency. “We believe that the principle of collective supply of security guarantees, established in the proposals of Ukraine (in Istanbul in 2022), is absolutely natural and current today”, then added Lavrov at the press conference with the Indian counterpart.
Lavorv: “willing to undermine progress reached in Alaska”
The “coalition of the willing” is trying to “undermine the progress reached by Donald Trump” during the top in Alaska with Vladimir Putin. The Russian Foreign Ministry supports him Lavrov, speaking to the Moscow press at the end of the bilateral with the Indian counterpart. Lavrov said that the group of Ukraine allies is “trying to shift attention from the resolution of the deep causes” of the war. “I hope that this European adventurism will fail,” he said, calling “useless” attempts to discuss post -war security guarantees for Ukraine.
Lavrov, ‘security guarantees as discussed in 2022’
Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov said that Russia supports the option for Ukraine security guarantees discussed in the Istanbul negotiations in 2022, when the role of the permanent members of the UN Security Council was assumed, including China and Russia. This was reported by the Interfax agency.
Lavrov: “I remind you of Zelensky’s decree on the ban on dealing with Putin”
“I remember the decree of Zelensky who prohibits negotiations with Putin. The Russian president has repeatedly declared his willingness to meet him,” said Foreign Minister Russo Lavrov, referring to the decree signed in 2022 by the Ukrainian president, who called any negotiation with Vladimir Putin “impossible”
Lavrov reiterates, “unacceptable” foreign troops
“The presence of foreign troops in Ukraine is completely unacceptable for Russia”. This was reiterated by the Moscow Foreign Minister, Serghei Lavrov, as Tass is reproduced.
Kiev, ready for all types of interview but “no a ultimum”
Ukraine will not accept “ultimatum or blackmail” during the peace talks aimed at ending the war, reiterated the presidential councilor Ukrainian, Andriy Yermak, on X, reiterating that Kiev is ready for “any format of dialogue, bilateral or trilateral”. “The main thing is the result: to end the war. We want to restore a right and lasting peace and prevent the repetition of aggressions,” continued the councilor.
Zelensky, I would be happy if the elections had already been held
“I would be happy if the elections had already taken place. To conclude with this topic, because this topic produces nothing but political brands, posters, etc.”: the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelesnky said it in a meeting with journalists, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. Zelensky added that he has a request to contact all the interested parties: “The main thing is that they give me the opportunity to end the war and not to divide the first state”.
Zelensky, we keep our presence in the Kursk region
“We keep our presence in the Kursk region”. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, talking to journalists. Ukrinform reports it.
Zelensky: “Donbass full occupation by the end of the year? Putin’s split”
“I clearly said that their speeches on the occupation of our Donbass by the end of the year is a split.” Volodymyr Zelensky said so by saying that he believes that Russia would need more 4 years of war to conquer the rest of the region that Vladimir Putin asked in exchange for the end of the fighting. Speaking with journalists, the Ukrainian president has in fact underlined how Russia before invasion already had a third of the region and now controls 67-69%, it therefore means that in almost four years of war it has conquered only a third of the region. In short, for Zelensky, Putin is trying to sell “fried air” to Donal Trump, “perhaps hoping to avoid the end of the war by fixing conditions that we cannot accept”. Zelensky added that he explained to Trump that a Kiev retreat from all the Donbass would open the way to Russia to Kharkiv and Dnipro. “If Putin takes control here – he said referring to Donbass still controlled by Kiev – he will go further, regardless of any signed agreement. President Trump agrees? He understood”.
Zelensky, we would like to agree on security guarantees within 7-10 days
“We want to get to an agreement on the structure of the security guarantees within seven to seven-day days. On the basis of this agreement, we aim to keep a trilateral meeting. This was my logic,” said the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to journalists after his trip to Washington together with the European leaders. “President Trump suggested a slightly different logic: a trilateral meeting through a bilateral one”, he explained, “but then we all agreed that, in any case, we will continue to work on security guarantees, establishing this approximate framework, similar to article 5. And what we have today is political support for this”.
Zelensky, “I asked Trump to convince Orban on veto for EU membership”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that he asked the US president Donald Trump to convince the Hungarian premier Viktor Orban to revoke his veto at Kiev to the EU.
Zelensky, China cannot be security
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that China is not among countries capable of providing Ukraine security guarantees. “Firstly, China did not help us stop this war from the beginning,” said journalists, as Ukrinform reports, “secondly, China helped Russia by opening the drone market. Third: the question here does not even concern the military personnel present. We are talking about the Memorandum of Budapest. China was among the signatories, she did nothing when Crimea was occupied.” “That’s why we don’t need guarantee that they do not help Ukraine and that they have not helped Ukraine when we really needed it after February 24th. That’s why we need security guarantees only from those countries that are ready to help us,” concluded Zelensky.
Zelensky, Moscow Pie Troops on southern front
Russia is crowding troops on the front line in the south of Ukraine. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky, possible meeting Putin after security guarantees
A meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible after security guarantees for Ukraine by his allies have been agreed. This was stated by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, specifying that face to face could keep in Switzerland, Austria or Türkiye.
Aerial alert in Kiev for the threat of drones
In Kiev, an air alert was declared this morning for the threat of drones: RBC-Ukraine reports it, which cites the Air Force. “In Kiev there is a threat represented by attacks with combat drones”, reads a message from the Air Force published on Telegram.
Kiev, Russian record attack with 614 drones and missiles
In the night Russia attacked Ukraine by launching 614 between drones and missiles, a record in a month. Kiev denounced him.
Russian attack on Lopoli: one dead and 2 injured
A person died and two were injured last night following a Russian attack with missiles and drones on the city of Lviv, western Ukraine: the mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, and the head of the regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, made it known on Telegram, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.
Vance: “Russia wants the Ukrainian territories already busy”
For the US vice president JD VanceRussia wants some Ukrainian territories, “most of whom have already occupied, but some do not”. Russia already occupies about a fifth of Ukraine and President Donald Trump has said that the “exchange of territories” and the territorial changes will be crucial for any agreement. In an interview a Fox NewsVance also stressed that Ukraine wants to know that it will not be invaded again from Russia and wants territorial integrity.
Vance: War charges on Europe
– Europeans will have to take on the large part of the weight of the security guarantees for Ukraine. The American vice president JD said so Vanceaccording to which Europe will have to do the “part of the lion”. “I don’t think we should take charge of this weight. I think we should help if necessary to stop the war – he observed Vance -. I believe that we should expect, and the president surely waiting for him, that Europe plays a guide role. Whatever the shape it takes, the Europeans will have to take care of most of the burden “.
The governor of Kherson: Russia and Ukraine, inextricably linked
For the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimi Balanceone of the disputed areas and in question the Russian Federation “has always been generous”, so after the end of the conflict it will be able to improve relationships with Ukrainewith which “we are inextricably linked”. “Participation in this process of other foreign states far from Russia and Ukraine is in a certain sense indirect. And we were, we are and we will remain close. We know for sure that Russia has always been generous. And after the end of the conflict, we will continue to establish relationships, relationships of good neighborhood. We are inextricably linked,” said the governor.
USA: minimum commitment to maintain peace in Ukraine
The Undersecretary for American Defense, Elbridge Colbyhe told a small group of allies that the United States intends to play a minimum role in any security guarantees for Ukraine, one of the clearest signals so far that Europe will have to take care of maintaining a lasting peace in Kiev. Colby’s comments arrived in response to questions asked by European military leaders during a meeting led by the head of the major states gathered, General Dan Caine. The heads of the United Kingdom defense, France, Germany and Finland urged the US part to clarify which land forces and aerial resources intended to make available to help Ukraine maintain a peace agreement with Russia.
NYT: Today Rubio-Consillers Security Kiev/UE
The American secretary of state Marco Rubio He will hold today “diplomatic interviews” with national security councilors of Ukraine and of different European countries. The New York Times, citing a high official of the administration of the President of the United States Donald Trump. According to the well -known newspaper, Rubio’s meeting with his omologs of Ukraine and European allied countries will be held today and will be dedicated to the details of a peaceful solution. The publication does not specify in which format and where the negotiations can take place.