Zelenskyy offers to abandon NATO ambitions, he remains against the clean-up field in Russia
The President of Ukraine VolOdymyy on Sunday felt the readiness of his country’s bid to join NATO through the exchange of rudia in Russia as he held talks with us on the ban.
Zelenskyy sat down with US President Donald Trump’s Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son Jared Kushner. The Ukrainian leader posted photos of the negotiating table with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sitting next to him facing the US delegation.
Answering the questions of journalists in the audio clips of the WhatsApp group discussion before the speeches, Zelenskyy since then the Ukrainian countries have refused to submit a set of guarantees similar to those offered by the members of the Alliance.
“These security guarantees are an opportunity to prevent another wave of Russian aggression,” he said. “And this is already compromising on our part.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Ukraine’s joining the alliance as a major threat to Moscow’s security and a reason to present Ukraine rejecting the bid as part of any peace zone.
Ahead of a meeting to discuss America’s bid for peace in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the controversial European proposals as ‘unacceptable’ and said his country was ready for war if Europe wanted one.
Zelenskyy stressed that any security guarantees would need to be binding and supported by the US Congress, adding that he was waiting for an update from his team following the meeting between Ukraine and the US Army in Stuttgart, Germany.
Washington has tried for months to navigate each course as Trump pushes for an end to the Russian war and is increasingly frustrated by the delay. The search for a possible compromise has returned to major issues, including control of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which is largely occupied by Russian forces.
Difficult issues remain
Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw its forces from the Donetsk Region under its control amid important peace conditions, a demand denied by Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said that the US has rejected the idea of Ukraine withdrawing from Donetsk and creating a popular free economic zone there, a proposal he rejected as ineffective.
“I don’t think this is right, because who will manage this economic area?” he said. “If we are talking about a certain buffer zone along the contact line, if we are talking about the economic zone and we believe that the Ukrainian forces have withdrawn, phoones aspert a withdrawn deeper in the affected areas of the same distance?”
Zelenskyy described the problem as “critical” and emphasized on the ice and the line of communication, saying “Today the right option is where we stand.”
Putin’s Affain Activation Adviser Yuri USHAKOV told the business daily Kommerant that Russian police and national guards will remain in parts of Donetsk region even if they become a peace plan under the peace plan.
Ushakov warned that the search for a compromise could take a long time, noting that the American proposals taken by Russia’s interests were “getting worse” by changing the Ukrainians and its European reforms.
Speaking to Susarian State TV on Mazy Broadcast Sunday, Shakov said “the contribution of Ukrainians and Europeans to these documents is impossible to construct,” warning that Moscow has “very strong things.”
Ushakov added that the country’s issue was actively discussed in Moscow when Witkoff and Kushner met with Putin earlier this month. “Americans know and understand our position,” he said.
Zelenskyy said he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron just Sunday ahead of the talks with Trump’s delegation, adding that he is looking closely at our shared security. “
Macron vowed in X that “France has sworn, and will remain, on the side of Ukraine to build a strong and lasting peace – someone who can guarantee the security and sovereignty of Ukraine, and Europe, for a long time.”
Ukraine is looking for a backup from its European neighbors during the ongoing talks of the US – ongoing peace talks with Russia, especially worrying when the current proposal is favored by Moscow’s position.
Merz, who has led European efforts to support Ukraine alongside Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said Saturday that “decades of ‘Jadani’ are too much for us in Europe, and for us.”
He warned that Putin’s goal is “a fundamental change in the borders of Europe, the restoration of the Old Soviet Union within its borders.”
“If Ukraine falls, it will not stop,” Merz said on Saturday during the party’s conference in Munich.
Putin has denied plans to restore the Soviet Union or attack any of the Allies.
Russia, Ukraine Exchange Attack Aerial Attack
Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia has sent 138 ballistic missiles to attack Ukraine. The Air Force said 110 were disrupted or downed, but missile hits and drone hits were recorded at six locations.
Zelenskyy said on Sunday that hundreds of thousands of families were without power in the south, east and northeast and the work was continuing to restore electricity, heat and water in many regions following the high attack.
The President of Ukraine said that last week, Russia had launched more than 1,500 strike bombs, about 900 guided missiles and 46 missiles of various types in Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 235 drones in Ukraine late Saturday and early Sunday.
In the Belgorod region, a drone injured a man and burned his house in the village of Yasesne Zori, said Gov. Pyacheslav Gladyov.
Ukrainian drones hit an oil depot in Uryupinsk in the Volgograd region, setting it on fire, according to the regional gov. Andrei Bocharov.
In the Krasnodar region, Ukrainian drones attacked the city of Afipsky, where the oil refinery is located. Authorities say the explosion blew out windows in the residential buildings, but did not cause any structural damage.
