Russian invasion Negotiations

Trump: There may not be a Putin-Zelensky meeting

Trump is not sure that there will be a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, but he insists that there will be one between all three leaders. He said this in an interview with the right-wing website Daily Caller.

– A trilateral one will happen. A bilateral one, I don’t know. But you know, sometimes people are not ready for that.

Once again, the president likens Russia and Ukraine to two fighting schoolchildren, as he has done several times during the negotiations.

– You have a child, and there is another child on the playground, and they hate each other, and they start fighting, fighting, fighting, and you want them to stop, and they keep going. After a while, they happily stop.

Poland rules out sending troops to Ukraine

Poland rules out deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine as part of post-war security guarantees. This is reported by Kyiv Post.

The reason is that the soldiers are needed at home, says Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Zalewski.

– The threat on the border with Russia and Belarus is so great that Poland's role is to safeguard Europe's security in the area. Therefore, we cannot weaken our forces by sending them to Ukraine.

Poland's contribution to security guarantees is logistics and infrastructure, he adds.

Sources: White House believes Europe is sabotaging peace talks

Many in Trump's inner circle believe that European leaders outwardly support Trump's attempts to reach a peace agreement in Ukraine, while undermining them behind the scenes. Sources tell Axios.

The White House is talking about the Europeans going behind Trump’s back and pressuring Zelensky to wait for a “better deal” with greater concessions from Russia.

“The Europeans must not prolong the war and try to sneak in unrealistic expectations through the back door, while expecting the US to pay the price,” says a senior White House source, adding:

“If the Europeans want to escalate the war, that’s up to them.”

According to the sources, the British and French are being more constructive, while other European countries want to pass the cost of the war on to the US and not contribute themselves.