
Zelensky Says Putin-Trump Summit Should Focus on Ceasefire in Ukraine
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Zelensky Says Putin-Trump Summit Should Focus on Ceasefire in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia should face new sanctions if it does not agree to an “immediate ceasefire” U.S. President Donald Trump is due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
“We hope that the central topic at the meeting will be a ceasefire. An immediate ceasefire,” Zelensky said after a call with Trump and European leaders.
“Sanctions must be in place and must be strengthened if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire,” Zelensky added, speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
Trump is due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday and has said he wants to arrange a trilateral meeting including Zelensky.
Ukraine in March agreed to a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire and has said there can be no substantive peace talks with Russia without one.
Russia has rejected the ceasefire proposal and stalled on Zelensky’s call for direct talks with Putin.
“I have told my colleagues, the U.S. president and our European friends that Putin definitely does not want peace,” Zelensky said.
He also said that Russia was “trying to put pressure on all parts of the Ukrainian front ahead of the meeting in Alaska.”
Zelensky says Putin-Trump summit should focus on ceasefire in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia should face new sanctions if it does not agree to an “immediate ceasefire” He is due to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.
“We hope that the central topic at the meeting will be a ceasefire. An immediate ceasefire,” Zelensky said after a call with Trump and European leaders ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska on Friday.
“Sanctions must be in place and must be strengthened if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire,” he added, speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
AFP