Uk prime minister says he is prepared to supply British troops for post-war peacekeeping force in Ukraine
The U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that he may meet Russian President Vladimir Putin rather “soon”, as officials of the two nations are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia to hold peace talks over ending the war in Ukraine.
“There’s no time set yet, but it will be very soon,” Trump told reporters ahead of the talks between the U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia.
“It would be very soon; we will see how things turn out,” Trump replied while agreeing to a suggestion that the meeting could take place before the month was over.
Speaking to reporters, Donald Trump said he believed Vladimir Putin was looking for a way out and that the Russian leader has been in favor of stopping the war since the very beginning
That is a very powerful machine, you understand.
They defeated Hitler and they defeated Napoleon. They have been fighting for a long time,” Trump said after stepping from Air Force One.
They did it before. But I really believe he wants to stop fighting.”
When asked if he believes that Putin wants to take over all of Ukraine, Trump said he asked his Russian counterpart the same thing and if there were that wish, that would be a “big problem for us.” Earlier on Sunday, Rubio said that Putin expressed to Trump his desire for peace in the course of their phone call last week, all the while cautioning that it may not be resolved instantly.
“Of course, this must be followed by action. And the next few weeks will tell if it is serious or not,” Rubio said, speaking during an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation.
if So Earlier on Sunday, Rubio said Putin indicated his wish for peace in a phone call with Trump last week, even as the top American diplomat warned that the conflict wouldn’t be solved overnight.
Now, obviously, it needs to be followed up by actions. The next few weeks or days are important, in that regard, to see if this reveals itself as serious or not,” said Rubio in an interview aired on CBS’s Face the Nation.
race to a peace plan that requires some Ukrainian territory and that it would happen with little input from Kyiv or its European allies. Neither Ukrainian nor European officials is present in the talks in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, but Rubio on Sunday stressed that Ukraine and Europe will both have to be involved in any “real negotiations” that result from the meeting.In Sunday’s NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he “would never accept” any agreement made without the participation of his country.
“Ultimately, one phone call does not bring about peace. One phone call does not un-complicate a war of this nature.”
Rubio was not ready to say what went on in the talks or just who exactly was on the Russian side of the negotiations.
I’m not going to have any details for you this morning except to say that we’re ready to support the President in this and explore ways, if those opportunities open up to begin the peace process,” Rubio said. Trump’s outreach to Russia is raising apprehensions in Ukraine and Europe that Washington could.
This is one war in Ukraine where we and our casualties are concerned, Zelenskyy said at Munich Security Conference on Friday.
Referring to the Munich conference on Saturday, European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas drew parallels between the Trump administration’s policy and the failure of appeasement before World World II.
Standing in Munich tonight, I must ask: Have we been here before? Czechoslovakia,1938,” Kallas said referring to the Munich Agreement which endorsed Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland in return for a pledge of peace.
We have a doorway aggressor keen to liberate the land that isn’t his. And the negotiators, before we even round a table, are already giving away their bargaining chips.”
European leaders are set to meet in an emergency summit in Paris on Monday to chalk out the best response to the conflict and future security of Ukraine.
Ahead of the summit, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he is “ready and willing” to send British troops in Ukraine to assist keep the peace, in the event of a deal to end the war.
“I do not say this lightly, Starmer said in an opinion piece published in the Daily Telegraph.
“I think deeply about the responsibility, which goes with possibly putting British servicemen and women at risk.” He further explained that any role in verifying Ukraine’s fight against this aggressor is corresponding to verifying the fight on our own continent and that this country protecting our own nature,” Starmer. This war cannot end when it is merely a pause before Putin attacks again.”