Nothing is off the table as Trump and Putin set to meet

As a Russian president Vladimir Putin He holds face conversations with the White House leader Donald Trump On Friday, Ukraine – and the world – will see a breath.

The state leaders are scheduled to start a summit at 11:30 am local time (3:30 pm East time) at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska.

There will be a work lunch for both delegations, before the presidents hold a joint press conference to summarize their talks.

There is no doubt that the uproar will be one of the most closely monitored events this year, as it reveals the extent of the war or relatives of the war in Ukraine – a conflict that spanned more than 3 and a half years.

The White House stated before the Alaska summit: “The president wants to exhaust all options to try to make this war to a peaceful solution.”

It remains to see whether these “options” will eventually be good or bad for Ukraine.

Not only is the ceasefire at stake – if Trump is able to persuade Putin to agree to one – but also the regional integrity of Ukraine, European security, the Russian economy and geopolitical alliances.

Ukraine President, Volodimir Zelinski, Who has a volatile relationship with Trump She was not invited to the conversations, she will be tense as she started. Friday, The president commented on x“It is time to end the war, and Russia must take the necessary steps. We rely on America.”

Everyone and his European allies fear that the leader of the United States will ask Puty negotiation is likely to be the demands of Putin In order to keep Moscow to keep the occupied Ukrainian lands and reduce the aspirations of NATO membership in Ukraine, in exchange for stopping its military attack.

While he was heading to Alaska in the first air force, Trump told the reporters that “something would come from him [the meeting]”When he was asked about Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine, President Putin said,” He believes that this gives him a force in the talks, and I think this hurts me, “in the comments reported by Reuters.

Trump also insisted that Ukraine must decide its lands and that security guarantees are “possible with Europe”, without providing more details.

It includes the delegation of Russia only A few members of the inner Putin districtWith Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister André Pelosov, Minister of Finance Anton Silwanov and Kiril Dimitrev, the investment and stoves envoy in Russia, as well as Oshkov.

The presidential assistant commented that “it is clear to everyone that the central issue will be the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis,” including “the broader tasks for ensuring peace and security”, as well as urgent international and regional issues.

This indicates that Russia will look forward to glorifying the economic benefits of rapprochement with the United States, and Ushakov added that “exchanging views is expected with regard to further development of bilateral cooperation, including in the commercial and economic field,” noting that “this cooperation has tremendous and unfortunate capabilities.”