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Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that only the United States \u2014 and in particular, his US counterpart Donald Trump \u2014 has the power to bring Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine to an end. <\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Duda warned that a future peace deal will require painful compromises from both sides, including concessions from Ukraine, and called for renewed transatlantic cooperation to ensure long-term stability in the region.<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday my conclusion is absolutely unequivocal, there is no one outside the United States who can stop (Russian President) Vladimir Putin,\u201d Duda said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s why I believe that President Donald Trump, with his determination, can bring this war to an end. <\/p>\n
“It is only this American pressure that can really bring this war to an end and help forge a peace that will not be comfortable for either side. But maybe that’s what will make it last,” he pointed out.<\/p>\n
The Polish leader spoke about Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine, stating that a lasting peace must be built on mutual concessions. While acknowledging the toll of the war on both countries, he suggested that Ukraine will likely need to make compromises.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has to be a compromise. I mean, de facto this peace should, in my personal opinion, come down to the fact that neither side will be able to say that it won this war, because each side in some sense will have to step down,” Duda said. <\/p>\n
“Ukraine will also have to step down in some sense, because that’s what will probably happen. To what extent? It is difficult for me to answer at this stage,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
“The war is exhausting Russia, Vladimir Putin is playing a risky game. This war is exploiting Ukraine in a terrible way. These countries want to end the war. Each of them wants to win this war, that’s natural,” said the president.<\/p>\n
Trump, Crimea, and the future of diplomacy<\/strong><\/p>\n Duda\u2019s comments come amid renewed debate over the role of the United States in potential peace efforts. The last US proposal under Trump reportedly involved recognising Russia’s annexation of Crimea. <\/p>\n The US president also criticised his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of prolonging the conflict after rejecting that proposal.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Zelenskyy reaffirmed his stance that Ukraine would not concede territory.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is nothing to talk about, this is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n Duda also spoke about Trump\u2019s foreign policy and negotiation style.<\/p>\n \u201cI expected that Donald Trump would act in such a way, a very tough policy of equalising what he considers disparities in trade relations and guarding America’s interests,” Duda told Euronews.<\/p>\n “For me it was understandable insofar as he is the president of the United States and therefore these interests must be his first consideration.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cHe used to own casinos, so this is a man who is taught a specific business game and has his own hard business methods that have been developed for decades. He transfers them to politics and plays very hard,” Duda added. <\/p>\n “But that’s the way I look at it \u2013 it’s just a certain business game that President Donald Trump has brought into politics right now and is playing it hard in his second term. You have to negotiate hard with him.”<\/p>\n High-level talks in London<\/strong><\/p>\n Talks between US, Ukrainian, and European officials were scheduled to take place in London on Wednesday, focused on a roadmap to end Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. <\/p>\n However, the meeting was downgraded after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cancelled his participation. Washington was instead represented by its envoy to Ukraine, retired General Keith Kellogg.<\/p>\n Ukraine was represented by Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov. They met with European national security advisers and US officials.<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko reiterated Kyiv\u2019s position in a post on social media: \u201cDuring today\u2019s meeting of the Ukrainian delegation with partners in London, we reaffirm our principled position: Ukraine is ready to negotiate \u2014 but not to capitulate.” <\/p>\n “There will be no agreement that will give Russia a stronger basis to regroup and return with more violence,\u201d Svyrydenko said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Putin has for the first time in years expressed openness to direct bilateral talks with Ukraine. His statement has been interpreted by some as a potential diplomatic shift, under mounting international pressure.<\/p>\n NATO, security, and the Three Seas Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n Duda also highlighted the importance of NATO\u2019s collective defence clause, reaffirming Poland\u2019s commitment to the alliance.<\/p>\n \u201cI assume that in the event of an attack on any NATO country, Article 5 will apply and everyone will collectively stand up for support and defence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He noted the importance of the US military presence in Poland, calling the cooperation \u201cclose and permanent\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerican troops have remained in Poland, we have a rotational American presence. There are about 10,000 soldiers on our territory. This cooperation is close and permanent,\u201d Duda said. <\/p>\n \u201cI will encourage President Trump to have more American units here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Duda also underlined the strategic significance of the Three Seas Initiative \u2014 a regional alliance launched by Poland and Croatia in 2015 to strengthen cooperation between Eastern European countries, especially on energy security.<\/p>\n \u201cThe interests of the United States are strategic and the United States derives tangible benefits from relations with Europe, this is the basis of this system of balance that has been ongoing since World War II,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Three Seas Initiative is an opportunity for countries to strengthen relations and cooperation in mutual security, primarily in gas,\u201d Duda said. He added that investments made by the initiative proved critical when Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ADVERTISEMENT Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that only the United States \u2014 and in particular, his US…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[18240,332,5549,49,335],"class_list":{"0":"post-46162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-andrzej-duda","9":"tag-russia","10":"tag-safety","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114392067573993225","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\nADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\nADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\nADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\nADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n