Trump warns Putin of serious consequences

In front of the Alaska summit

Trump warns Putin of serious consequences

In front of the meeting planned in Alaska, Trump’s meeting with Putin demonstratively faces behind Ukraine at a conference conference with the US President. In the evening, Donald Trump comments.

After a round of voting with the Europeans, US President Donald Trump has threatened Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin with “very serious consequences” if he was not involved in an end to the Ukraine War. When asked whether he meanes tariffs, the president did not enter into a appearance in Washington. Before that, the Europeans had tried to set Trump to five points for peace talks before his meeting with Putin – including a ceasefire and security guarantees.

“In Alaska, fundamental European and Ukrainian security interests must remain preserved,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) asked for a joint appearance with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj in Berlin after a conference of the European with Trump. With a view to the Trump Putin meeting on Friday, Merz spoke of “Hope for Movement” and “Hope for Peace in Ukraine”.

The Europeans and Selenskyj fear that Trump and Putin in Alaska could agree on the Ukraine area from Russia on Friday that Kiev strictly rejects.

As a signal of support for Ukraine, Merz, who had organized the video selections, invited Selenskyj directly to Berlin to the switching conferences. The Ukrainian referred to the constitution of his country on the question of territory, which this does not allow. Selenskyj said, however: “I would like to underline that any questions that affect the territorial integrity of our state cannot be discussed without taking our state, our people, the will of the state, the will of our people and the constitution of Ukraine.”

Merz emphasized that the advisors were very agreed in the evaluation of the starting point as well as in the achievable goal for Friday. With a view of the summit in Alaska, he said: “We want President Donald Trump to succeed in Anchorage on Friday.”

It was made clear that Ukraine had to sit at the table as soon as there were subsequent meetings. “We want to negotiate in the correct order. A ceasefire must be at the beginning,” said Merz. Essential elements should then be agreed in a framework agreement.

Third, he named: “Ukraine is ready for negotiations on territorial questions. But then the so -called contact line must be the starting point and a legal recognition of Russian staffing is not up for debate. The principle that boundaries must not be violently changed must be removed.” The front course is called the contact line.

“Robust security guarantees for Kiev” and the defense capacity by the Ukrainian armed forces are also necessary. In addition, negotiations would have to be part of a common transatlantic strategy.