US and Ukraine have talks at the highest level, Russia's war lasts

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The US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and , the international envoy of President Donald Trump, will meet Ukrainian civil servants on Thursday for a summit on Thursday that aims to defend the Ukraine against the to strengthen persistent invasion of Russia.

Hope for peace

although trumps to end the war within a day, it seems unrealistic, also seems hope of one Full ceasefire up to Easter - this weekend - probably fail. In the past few weeks, Russia has strengthened its attacks on Ukraine, despite the placement offers from Washington.

a summit with importance

The previous efforts for a dialogue have largely pushed the European powers and Kiev to the edge, which means that the summit on Thursday will have been the most important meeting between Ukrainian and US officials.

The Foreign Minister of Ukraine and the Minister of Defense traveled to the French capital to take part in the latest summit of the “coalition of the willing”, a group of Western nations who have undertaken to defend Ukraine against Russia, while the military support of the USA is falling and is unsure.

critical security questions in the focus

Andriy Yermak, a high -ranking consultant by President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, said that the ministers "work on critical questions about the security of Ukraine and all of Europe". For the European allies of Ukraine, the summit offers the opportunity to better assess the attitude of the Trump administration to the war in Ukraine. Kiev and his allies are concerned about Trumps and Witkoff's repetition of kreml-argument and could see the conversations as a way to disturb and question these perceptions.

Witkoff talks about the war situation

After Witkoff spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin a third time last week, he told Fox News that every peace agreement in Ukraine would be based on the "so -called five areas". He refers to the Crimea, which was annexed by Ukraine in 2014 by Russia, as well as the four Ukrainian regions on the mainland, which has been occupied by Russia since its extensive invasion in 2022. Before that, he had indicated that Ukraine could possibly be forced to deduct these areas as part of a ceasefire.

Resistance to pro-Russian narrative

Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, told CNN on Tuesday that Witkoff "with all respect ... may be unintentionally trying to spread pro-Russian narratives".

a difficult way to unite

In addition to the conversations with Ukrainian representatives, Witkoff will also speak to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, who is one of the leading personalities in the European efforts to offer Kiev the security guarantees that the USA does not provide.

The efforts of the Trump administration to hold back Putin were also not very successful. After the White House had briefly delivered the arms deliveries and the exchange of secret service information to Ukraine in March, Kiev quickly agreed to the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire.

increased pressure on Russia

After separate conversations with Russian and Ukrainian officers later in the same month, the White House said that both sides had agreed to the armistice in terms of energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea. However, the Kremlin announced that it would only implement the agreement if the sanctions have been imposed.

The Center for Countering Disinformation, a Ukrainian Think Tank, has emphasized that the supposed ceasefire has not contributed little to contain Russia's aggression. In the 22 days after the ceasefire, the Russian army killed almost 2.5 times more Ukrainians than in the same period before the announcement, according to the center in an update on Tuesday.

In a sign of growing frustration towards Moscow, Trump explained last week that "Russia had to move", but did not state any deadlines or ultimats if this does not happen.