No agreement on Donbas yet, Zelensky says. Trump says "Russia would rather have the whole country"
The Kiev Independent is in my opinion a much better source than US media for Ukraine/ Europe/ Russia info.
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-london-to-discuss-ukraine-peace-efforts-with-european-leaders/
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders for talks in London on Dec. 8 amid renewed efforts to settle the Russia-Ukraine war.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined Zelensky and Starmer at Number 10 Downing Street as Kyiv's European partners seek to coordinate strategy in the face of the latest U.S. push for a peace deal.
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Europe's leaders have privately expressed concerns that they are being sidelined from the negotiations, as the original 28-point peace plan, drafted by Russia and the U.S. and unveiled last month, imposed harsh conditions on Ukraine.
While the original proposal has been revised in subsequent talks that the U.S. held separately with Ukraine and Russia, Zelensky told Bloomberg that "sensitive issues," such as security guarantees and the status of the eastern Ukrainian regions, remain to be agreed upon.
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However, Trump implied that Zelensky is holding up the peace effort, claiming that the Ukrainian president "hasn't yet read" the peace proposal.
(This quote below is certainly telling)
"Russia's fine with it. You know, Russia would rather have the whole country, when you think of it," Trump told reporters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7.
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