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Trump and Putin will meet this Friday in Alaska to try to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine
The US president has said there is a 25% chance that the meeting will not succeed, while the Kremlin has warned that no formal agreement is expected to be signed.
Trump will try to get closer to Putin in Alaska without making a firm commitment to Ukraine
Friday's meeting comes surrounded by uncertainty: Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski will not intervene and little progress is expected for a ceasefire or peace process.
European leaders call for a ceasefire for Trump as the starting point for Friday's meeting with Putin in Alaska
According to Macron, the US president has confirmed by videoconference that NATO will not be involved in Ukraine's security guarantees. Moreover, the French president has explained that Trump has assured them that only Zelensky will negotiate the territories that Ukraine is supposed to cede to Russia.
The EU has claimed Ukraine's role in the negotiations and warned Russia in a message that Hungary has not signed
"The citizens of Ukraine must be free to decide their future. The path of peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine." They warn that a ceasefire is essential for any progress.
Trump and Putin will meet on August 15 in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine
It is not yet clear whether Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski will be represented in this meeting to try to reach an agreement.
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On the other hand, the Russian president has been willing to meet Zelensky. "I have said many times that I have nothing against it," Putin said, adding that "certain conditions" must be created for that meeting, which, in his view, are "far from being fulfilled."
The Kremlin wants to reduce tension with the White House: "There can be no winners in a nuclear war."
Russian President Dmitri Peskov's spokesman recalled that Putin is the one who marks foreign policy and the only valid interlocutor for the US leader, with clear reference to Dmitri Medvedev.
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To stop the war in Ukraine USA recently criticized the ultimatum it imposed on Russia E and warned that this could lead to a conflict between the two countries.
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In Ukraine, the first street protests against President Zelensky have begun since the start of the Russian invasion of a law that threatens the independence of anti-corruption agencies.
Zelenski gets more than $10 billion from his allies to "rebuild Ukraine after the end of the conflict."
The Fourth Congress for the Reconstruction of Ukraine has brought together nearly 5,000 participants in Rome. Russia has described the assembled states and institutions as "cynical and lying."
Zelenski has reached an agreement with Trump to strengthen Ukraine's air capabilities after the US suspended the Patriot missile shipment
"We will work together to strengthen the protection of our heaven," the Ukrainian president said in a telephone conversation with the US.
New telephone conversation between Putin and Trump today to discuss the conflict in Ukraine
The conversation between the two leaders comes after Washington has halted the shipment of certain weapons to Ukraine, a move that has raised doubts in Kiev, but Moscow has applauded the decision, implying that it could support peace.