The Kremlin did not leave the idea of having control of Kramatorsky and Slavic without a fight. At the same time, Ukraine, in the event of pressure from the United States, will receive only small border sections in the Sumy and Kharkov regions.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Alaska planned on Friday creates conditions that mainly play in Moscow and causes anxiety in Kyiv and is among European allies. About this writes CNN on Saturday, August 9.
The place of meeting objects, Trump said. He announced that Alaska, which Russia sold in the United States 158 years ago for $ 7.2 million, would be a place where Russian Federation leader Vladimir Putin would try to “sell” the century deal, who forced Kyiv to provide territories that Moscow had not controlled.
The events around the future meeting have benefited for Moscow clearly why Putin is working hard for it after months of fictional negotiations.
“It’s hard to imagine how a deal may not come from bilateral format that will not cause significant damage to Ukraine,” CNN wrote.
Kyiv and European allies have been reacting to understand the initial ideas of Steve Witkoff’s special representative, who invited Ukraine to provide the remaining Donetsk region in exchange for a ceasefire.
For a long time, the leader of the Kremlin was promoting the idea of stealing the territories without a fight and found in Witkoff a listener of Okhotnoy, which, as you know, has no deep understanding of Ukrainian sovereignty and complexity, the requirements to leave positions after four years of the whole war of war, where thousands of Military people have been killed.
Today Russia has almost approached the major cities of the Donetsk region – Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka, and in the coming weeks Ukrainian troops may be in the blockade there. The publication note that KYIV may be forced to withdraw from these areas to maintain human resources. However, another part of the Donetsk region – especially, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk – this is a more complex challenge. Thousands of civilians live there today, and Moscow hopes that cities will be evacuated, and its troops will enter without fighting.
What can Ukraine get in exchange for territory? Perhaps the minor parts of the regions conquered by Russia in Sumy and Kharkovshina, but no more.
The main goal remains to stop stopping, and this is itself difficult to achieve. Putin has long said that the immediate stop, which the US, Europe and Ukraine require, is impossible due to the need for technical monitoring and logistics activities. Now that his troops have the advantage of the east, he is not likely to change his mind, CNN believes.
Europe was also afraid of repeating an error in the Neville Chamberlain in 1938, when the signing document with Nazi Germany became empty -the Kremlin repeatedly signed the ceasefire agreement using a pause for regrouping and new offenses.
The chief of the Kremlin from the very beginning was clearly stated what he was trying to do – the conquest or conquest of the whole of Ukraine and the strategic reboot of relationships from the United States, which included denial of supporting Kyiv. In particular, his advisor Yuri Uhakov called Alaska a “great place” for negotiations with economic cooperation.
There is a risk that a hot environment will allow Trump to agree with technical negotiations with stopping stopping, which will actually combine Moscow’s conditions, warning the publication. The plan for the exchange or transfer of territories in favor of Russia may be represented by Kyiv with threats to the end of help and intelligence in case of rejection – old pressure methods. French president Emmanuel Macron can call Trump again, and the process will go in a circle.
“Putin needs time to move further, and he will accept it,” resources emphasize.
Experts are warning that Moscow can use any pause in adventures to regroup of forces, as usual. Meanwhile, Putin considers the truth of a bilateral summit with Trump – without the participation of Ukraine – as a diplomatic success and an opportunity to strengthen influence in the international arena.
“Six days were left before the meeting, but even from a distance it seemed like a slow defeat for Kyiv,” CNN’s summary.
Remember, on the eve of US President Donald Trump said his meeting with Vladimir Putin was held on August 15 in Alaska.
At the same time, Trump noted that the possibility of exchanging territories and transaction details are considered to be discussed in the coming days. He added that we are talking about territorial concessions, especially in both Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
In this regard, the media reported that Putin was said to be ready to quit the fire in exchange for the release of armed forces from the eastern part of the Donetsk region.
This morning, Zelensky made a statement that Ukraine would not give its land to the invaders, but was ready for real decisions that could provide peace.
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