A long table covered with a white tablecloth. In the background, flags of the United States and Ukraine interspersed. On the sides, a Ukrainian delegation and another American, led, respectively, by the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskiand the second of Donald Trump, JD Vance. They are preparing to address the end of the Russian invasion about to turn three years. This is the image of the day in the world. A face to face in which the differences of both sides are palpable. According to messages that have been launching only in their claims of peace.
This meeting, held within the framework of the Munich Security Conference, is the first since Wednesday Trump called his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinand agree start “immediately” peace conversations. After an hour and a half at the phone, the American called Zelenski. An order of conversations to which the Ukrainian has gathered importance, although the differences will be more difficult to make up, such as the reference to The minerals that Ukraine should deliver to the US.
A common goal, but many differences
It is true that, in the words of Vance, they both want “that the war comes to an end”, as well as that “the killings” and “achieve a lasting peace” cease, but this is “the first meeting,” said Zelenski. Likewise, the Ukrainian has shown his hope that “it is not the last”, since what they need “is to speak more, work more and prepare the plan to stop Putin and end the war.” Precisely, the Russian oligarch is the only Russian who wants to see Zelenski: “I will meet with a single Russian, with Putin”he said before entering.
Asked the American vice president just for this issue in front of Zelenski, Vance has limited himself to saying that it is “important” to meet and start “to have conversations”, without addressing The problem that the US could assume. Of course, the Ukrainian has already warned that he will only meet with the Russian once there is a common plan with the US and Europe to get peace.
A peace to which it is necessary to reach, but in the eyes of Zelenski, with “security guarantees” and more now given the obvious that Americans have never wanted Ukraine in the NATO. In fact, without that ukrain transatlantic alliance umbrella, an army will need twice as much, in particular, of one and a half million soldiers.
Zelenski and von der Leyen, between giving up and not betraying
Even the president of the European Commission (CE), Ursula von der Leyenhe has admitted this Friday in Munich that “Ukraine needs peace through force”, in addition to “a failure in Ukraine would weaken Europe, but also to the United States (USA).” That is why it advocates by expediting the entry of Ukraine into the European Union (EU). At the other extreme, NATO general secretary, Mark Rutte, who rules out the adhesion of Ukraine to the alliance, while asking “Prepare concrete plans” To Europe. Only in this way, he says, they can have their chair at the negotiating table.
All this happens in the offices, but on the ground, citizens also observe with tension what progresses in them. On the one hand, the Ukrainians have already noticed A position change of its president Zelenskiespecially in the things he asks, since if in the previous two years of the war it was seen that the Ukrainian government insisted on recovering the lost territory, now the focus is, mainly, in achieving security guarantees for the future.
In this way, Zelenski must balance in the framework of its internal policy the wishes of the population to end the war and achieve conditions, which Do not be interpreted as a betrayal of all soldiers who have died in the front during these years of invasion. Therefore, the Ukrainians are 24 hours a day pending mobile trying to understand what exactly The peace plan proposed by Trumpsince at the moment there are no concrete ideas or proposals.
The danger continues for the Ukrainians
In spite of these ‘advances’ – if so they can be considered – for the Ukrainian population the danger is still extreme. Without going any further this Friday, the Explosion of a Russian drone against the Chernobil nuclear power plantas can be seen in the images on these lines. Ukraine accuses Russia of the attack, while Moscow, of course, denies it. While the device hit the sarcophagus that protects one of the reactors causing a fire, the Atomic Energy Agency ensures that there have been no radioactive leaks.
In addition, during the afternoon of this Friday it has also been known that At least two people have killed in southern Ukraine when being achieved in the explosion of an “unknown artifact.” Russia has also denied its participation although from Kyiv they denounce that they have already arrested several people for being hired by Russian secret services to carry out small -scale attacks. Everything, while the people on foot observe those in whose hands their future and that of their country are at stake.
Source: Lasexta
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