Putin's response to Ukraine armistice inadequate, says UK-PM
Putin's response to Ukraine armistice inadequate, says UK-PM
The Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted to the ceasefire proposed by the USA in Ukraine as "not sufficient", explained British Prime Minister Keir Strander after organizing a virtual summit to mobilize Kiev and put pressure on Russia.
summit of the supporters
After the meeting of the "coalition of the willing", a group of Western countries who are committed to defending Ukraine against Russia, Starmer said that the leading politicians had agreed that the answer of Russia - a "yes, but" - was not acceptable. He emphasized that sooner or later Russia had to come to the negotiating table.
international support for Ukraine
"We agreed that we will put collective pressure on Russia from all participants of today's meeting," he added. The meeting was visited by around 25 countries, including European nations, the EU Commission, NATO, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj.
After Kiev had accepted the conditions for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine this week, which was supported by US President Donald Trump, the reaction Moscow ambiguous . Putin explained that the proposal was agreed, but also that the deal was "not complete".
security strategies and military aid
The meeting took place in a critical phase of the Three Years' War because Russia progresses in the Course border area and tries to push back Ukraine's progress. Strander announced that the military of the Ukrainian allies will meet in the United Kingdom on Thursday to "develop strong and robust plans" to protect peace if a ceasefire in Ukraine comes about.
"We will now go into an operational phase," said Straiter. "Our military will meet here in the United Kingdom on Thursday of this week to work out strong and robust plans to stand behind a peace agreement and to guarantee the future security of Ukraine."
weapon aid and economic pressure on Russia
During the conversations on Saturday, Strait emphasized that the allies of Ukraine agreed to "maintain military help for Ukraine and to further exacerbate the restrictions of the Russian economy to weaken Putin's war machinery and bring it to the table."
He also found that Putin delayed the ceasefire proposal supported by the USA, which Ukraine approved this week, and emphasized that Ukraine was "the Peace Party".
President Donald Trump "Putin offered the way to a permanent peace-now we have to make this reality," said Straßer.
demand for serious negotiations
When asked by a journalist to support US support, Straßer emphasized that the "position of the USA has not changed" and that peace in Ukraine "had to be achieved in cooperation with the United States".
In his introductory remarks to the "coalition of the willing", Strander said: "If Putin is serious about peace, it is very simple: he has to adjust his barbaric attacks on Ukraine and agree with an armistice." He added: "The world looks. My feeling is that sooner or later it has to come to the table and have serious conversations."
European unity and differences
The "coalition of the willing", which undertaken to protect Ukraine from Russian aggression, talled in London two weeks ago before meeting again virtually on Saturday. Despite the considerable unity in Europe in view of the challenges that the Trump administration of the transatlantic alliance provided, there are considerable differences in whether individual European countries are willing to send troops to Ukraine to secure peace.
Trump said on Friday that he had received "good news" about a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine without going into more detail. He spoke of "very good conversations" with both countries on the same day.
characteristics of the conflict situation
In a separate contribution to Truth Social, Trump said that "the likelihood that this terrible, bloody war can finally end is very high."
In the meantime, Putin had a meeting in Moscow on Thursday with the US specialist Steve Witkoff, in which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that this was "reason for careful optimism".
Current military situation
Given the fact that Kiev Losing, many experts look at the possibility that Putin discussions about the the region is back in Russian hands.
Russian armed forces have recaptured two more settlements in Kursk - Zaoleshenka and Rubanshchina, as the Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday. This happened just a few days after Russia recaptured the key town of Sudzha, which was the largest city that had occupied Ukraine in the region.
Selenskyj reported on Saturday that his troops hold back Russian and North Korean forces in Kursk and rejected the Russian claims that the Ukrainian army was encircled.
attacks and civilian victims
In the meantime, the air strikes take, in which hundreds of drones crossed the border. Russia fires 178 drones and two ballistic rockets on Ukraine on the night, with at least two people being killed and 44 injured, according to the Ukrainian officials. The two deaths were reported in the Cherson region after Russia had targeted critical infrastructures and residential buildings and seven high -rise buildings and 27 houses were damaged.
The Department of Defense Russia announced that his air defense shot 126 Ukrainian drones on the night without indicating how many drones broke through its lines of defense.
This reporting has been updated.
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