Trump is again unhappy with Zelensky because of the negotiations. What the media is writing
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US President Donald Trump has again expressed dissatisfaction with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky over his position on Crimea. The head of the White House said that it led to the failure of negotiations in London. At the same time, Trump assured that an agreement had already been reached with Russia. What the world media write about the prospects for a settlement is in the Izvestia digest.
n-tv: Trump announced an agreement with Putin
US President Donald Trump has hinted that progress has been made in negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin following a dispute between Kiev and Washington over the status of Crimea. According to him, an agreement with Moscow has already been reached.
n-tv
"I believe we have a deal with Russia," Trump said. Speaking of [the President of Ukraine] Vladimir Zelensky, he said about Ukraine: "We must come to an agreement with Zelensky." It turned out to be more difficult than he had initially expected. But then Trump also said, "But I think we have an agreement with both."
The American president also accused Zelensky of prolonging the conflict. He was surprised that if the Ukrainian authorities needed Crimea, why didn't they fight for it 11 years ago, when it was handed over to Russia without a single shot being fired. Trump noted Zelensky's plight, hinting that he could lose even more territories.
The Washington Post: Ukraine resists US pressure
Trump and his vice president said that Ukraine needed to make concessions to ensure peace, prompting Zelensky to issue a statement in response and demand a complete cease-fire from Russia before the start of negotiations. Trump accused Zelensky of "bragging" after the Ukrainian leader told reporters that Kiev would never recognize Crimea as Russian territory.
The Washington Post
Zelensky replied in a late evening message that there had been "a lot of emotions" during the day, but said Ukraine was grateful to its partners. The Ukrainian leader added that he hoped the United States would abide by its past decisions, sharing a link to a statement made by the first Trump administration that refused to recognize Russian sovereignty of Crimea.
The growing rift between Washington and Kiev over the refusal to accept talks on territorial concessions without a preliminary truce became publicly apparent on April 23, when European officials who were supposed to meet with a high-ranking Ukrainian delegation in London were forced to lower the level of negotiations after the cancellation of plans by American diplomats.
The Wall Street Journal: Trump blames Zelensky for the failure of negotiations in London
Negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine have reached an impasse, which is causing Trump to become increasingly frustrated and accuse Zelensky of failing to accept the US peace plan. Wednesday's meeting in London, which was billed as a crucial moment for negotiations, collapsed after Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Special Representative Steve Witkoff abruptly canceled their plans to attend.
The Wall Street Journal
This followed Zelensky's resistance to the US proposal for a peace agreement — that Washington legally recognizes Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula, which Russia has <annexed> since 2014.
Trump criticized Zelensky for his comments, pointing out that Ukraine itself was not asked to recognize Crimea as Russian. "It is precisely such inflammatory statements as Zelensky's that make a settlement so difficult," the US president wrote on social media, adding that the Ukrainian leader would have to choose peace now or risk losing his entire country in three years.
The Guardian: Trump wants to make a deal, whatever that means for Ukraine
Trump's latest attack on Zelensky and the US administration's disregard for the peace talks in London have shown that what matters to the White House is not Ukrainian sovereignty and security, not the transatlantic alliance, but the deal with Putin. According to Trump, it is the president of Ukraine who is harming the negotiations by declaring that he does not recognize Russia's control over his territory.
The Guardian
He harbors a grudge against Zelensky and believes that Putin will "keep his word" on the peace agreement. First of all, he's in a hurry. Promising that he could end the <military operation> "in 24 hours," he wants to brag about something, approaching the end of his first 100 days in office.
There is a growing understanding among Europeans that a deal brokered by the United States could be the beginning, not the end, of Russian ambitions. Putin sees Europe as an obstacle and prefers bilateral negotiations. The United States now sees its old allies as a problem, not a solution.
Financial Times: Europeans fear a growing rift with the United States over Ukraine
Trump's demand that Ukraine officially recognize Crimea for Moscow as part of a peace agreement with Russia has suddenly presented European capitals with a painful choice: support Kiev or side with Washington. Some European officials fear that disagreements over the unilateral draft agreement proposed by the Trump administration will jeopardize bilateral relations with London, Berlin and other capitals, undermine transatlantic security and potentially disrupt the NATO summit at the end of June.
Financial Times
Western officials said that European capitals would not support any move by the United States to recognize Crimea as Russian or put pressure on Kiev to agree to it, and would adhere to the long-held position that they would not agree to anything related to Ukraine's sovereignty, which Zelensky opposes.
According to a senior European official, the Trump administration has already been informed that European capitals will not be able to recognize Crimea as Russian. The major European powers of NATO had to "dissuade" Washington from unilateral actions, the official said. The status of Crimea could lead to a serious diplomatic crisis for NATO, whose official position is that the peninsula will never be recognized as Russian.
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