EU leaders urge more pressure on Russia ahead of Ukraine talks • FRANCE 24 English
Peace in Ukraine was on the agenda in Kent this Saturday at a summit featuring the US vice president, the UK’s foreign minister, and European and Ukrainian security officials. It’s intended to provide Europeans a clearer sense of the US’s position after Donald Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The UK meeting was quickly arranged at the US’s request after Trump said he would be sitting down with Putin in Alaska alone, sidelining Ukraine and the Europeans. and European leaders will be doing everything they can in the course of the coming week to uh ensure that whatever outcomes emerge from Alaska, they do not lead to Trump siding with a malign and dangerous Putin construction of the war and how it should be ended. Europe really would in the worst case have to take a clearly different policy towards the war from Washington. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president said he spoke with his French counterpart on Saturday with Emanuel Mor reiterating the need for Ukrainians and Europeans to be part of the solution. Zilinski also spoke to leaders from the UK, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, Finland, and Spain. Europe’s voice must be taken into account. We are coordinating our common European position. It’s unlikely to be enough, though, to quell concerns about Europe’s waning diplomatic influence.
European allies renewed pressure on Russia overnight Saturday as they rallied behind Ukraine in insisting that any deal to end the war include Kyiv ahead of next week’s bilateral peace talks in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Story by Camille Knight.
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35 comments
Vance the Lance, if drunk,, okay. (bring make-up.)
idiots , they have nothing to say, the european leders are so far from living in reality. they are controlled and cant do anything without premission from their shadow masters
European leaders don't decide anything in this world, they will do as they are told, there is no escape…)))
Call them both to EU
Stop NATO Expanionism,
Wars will Stop.
These territories have always remained Russian, they have never been under the Polish or Lithuanian rule.
Little poppies that can't fight. Millions of ordanary Ukrainians are gone just because the Europeans want the war. It's all along the US proxy war against Russia that started by Victoria Nuland and her brethren in Washington. So, the US will end it when it wants
Go get it back then, you cowards who can't even fight. All you know is talking and sacrificing Ukrainians lives
Europeans will do as they always do, listen to their master, US and fall in line. So shut up you European cowards
Peace can only be archived in ukraine, if, europe is kept out of the whole negotiations. They don't want any form of settlement.
What pressure? They are powerless. Europe and NATO has defeated. US now trying to come up as a victorious by having a deal with Russian.
Would Zelensky issue another ultimatum to Putin 😮
You fight everyday with best weapons, Best tanks in world, Abram,Leopards,best mercenaries,dangerous fighters in world, best equipments,storm shadow,ATACM we thought could cause world war, drones that travel thousands of km into Russia, f16 world thought it could cause world war, and even forbiden/prohibited weapons like cluster bombs, but still Russia advances daily, takes land daily and are never moving back, what if you keep fighting and he takes all of Ukraine? Will that be the best?
Over 70% of Ukrainians now want peace. Few care about Donbass. The EU should compensate Ukraine for their loss and help them rebuild. The EU countries could even agree to give back the Ukrainian women.
USA should stop funding this war and let Europe ruin itself forever if that's what they want.
The parliament needs to conduct a referendum to have the people decide what they want. Zelensky has no constitutional power in making decisions about the borders of Ukraine. The EU/ NATO needs to pull its head in and let the Ukrainians decide as their constitution says.
Very naive incompetent Steve Witkov wasting fellow Americans' taxpayers' money to go to Russia and cannot even understand very important fact like which side army is withdrawing from where? Gen. Kellog should be the one should have been gone to Russia to conduct meaningful negotiation with Putin.
They are not going with fighting with the comedian and his country for as long it takes, as soon as the money will need to come from their own, and own the winning strategy? WT-. Many in US has had enough with this stupid war, only the warmongers, TDS folks, bureaucrats, and fake news love this to continue forever to hold it against Trump. Trump wants these Z & P to negotiate and get out themselves for the better of their own people. Z wanted to continue forever; the weasel tried to use the EU/NATO/CA/US/UK bureaucrats to force the US to get to direct conflict with Putin and watch. Still doing it and will do it to the last minutes, never wanted to earn his own war, fight with his own money. Disgraceful and totally disrespect the tax payers worldwide sacrifices, that will put millions lives into poverty and starvation in the coming years as governments programs are cut and relocated to support this nonsense taken from education, social programs and elders, that the bureaucrats will always lie to cover up until years after.
Talk a different police and do what. Europe is a toothless dog simple
Russia won their ugly victory, they defeated the sanctions, and defeated the west via Ukraine militarly.
Must be that the Ukraine 🇺🇦 border will be same before Russia 🇷🇺 invaded..
hahaha! avoid philippines as venue marcos and icc will kidnap putin like ex pres dutere.
The US is negotiating it's involvement in the war, which is all they can negotiate. Ukraine is free to fight on without US support
😂😂😂😂
Trump Should really consider seating this one out after the meeting with Putin, Both Sides are very Stubborn, Russia won't Quit and Ukraine and It's Allies want to continue to the bitter end. Best to leave them all alone till one side surrenders afterall Ukraine and Russia have very capable armies to keep this going as long as they want.
Europe is a non factor. They gave up their influence and autonomy long ago.
Do they have a choice?
Losers don't get to choose. 😂
If Ukraine can't concede a territory that means the fighting must continue and everyone knows that Ukraine can't take back half of the territory lost talk less of taking the whole territory back, except the European leaders or ladders that are living in a delusional world, expecting Ukraine not to concede is telling the Russian federation that we're going to keep fighting against you
eu wants the war to continue
poor europe. this war has only demonstrated their irrelevance yet they are desperate to keep it going as long as possible. world is going to be unrecognizable to what it was in just a few short years.
As their cars are fueled with Russian gas and the banks bank Russian money
Europe doesn't want the war to end their economics depemd on it , and they don't have to send their man to the slaughter house
EU is scared of putting secondary sanctions on countries buying cheap Russian oil. EU leaders complain that giving up territory to Russia only rewards the aggressor, yet EU leaders are more than happy to reward Hamas with territory after being the aggressor.
IF THEY REJECT THEN THEY SHOULD KEEP FIGHTING 😂😂
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