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Ukraine, Moscow: "It's time for the EU to listen to Trump to save itself." Zelensky in London, and tomorrow in Rome. Macron: "The problem is convergence of positions with the US."

Monday, December 8


Last updated: 6:02 PM

The meeting convened at Downing Street by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has concluded. Trump:"I'm a little disappointed with Zelensky, he hasn't read my peace proposal."

Ucraina, Mosca: “È ora che l’Ue ascolti Trump per salvarsi”. Zelensky a Londra, domani a Roma. Macron: “Problema è convergenza posizioni con gli Usa”
  • It's time for Europe to listen to Trump to save itself. This is what Kirill Dmitriev, Russian presidential advisor for foreign economic cooperation and one of Moscow's key negotiators, says regarding the clash between Washington and Brussels."Biden's team," Dmitriev writes on X,"has completely managed Brussels, pushing the EU down the wrong path : mass immigration, a soft stance on crime, and economic and civilizational decline." “Now,” he adds, “suddenly EU bureaucrats ‘don’t want interference from the US’ under Daddy Trump. It’s time to listen to Daddy and save Europe.” The meeting convened in Downing Street by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich has ended. Merz. At the end of the summit – British media report – none of the participants spoke to the press. Starmer and Zelenskyy then returned to the British Prime Minister's residence for further individual talks, while Macron and Merz left Downing Street. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president published a post on X where he said that “ensuring real security is always a shared challenge and effort” and thanked the meeting participants for their support.“The main problem ” on the road to reaching a peace agreement in Ukraine “is the convergence
  • of
  • our common positions, between Europeans and Ukraine, with those of the United States ,” said French President Emmanuel Macron at the beginning of the meeting in London with Volodymir Zelensky, Friedrich Merz and Keir Starmer. Europeans and Ukrainians, he added, “have many cards in their hands,” including financial aid to Kiev, the resistance of Ukrainian military forces to the Russians, and the effects of European and American sanctions on the Russian economy. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was “ skeptical ” about some parts of the plan drawn up by the United States
  • to end the war in Ukraine, speaking at Downing Street before the start of the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , French President Emmanuel Macron , and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Merz raised concerns about"some details contained in the documents coming from the United States." He then went on to say that "this could be a decisive moment for all of us" and that, for this reason,"we are trying to continue to support Ukraine," since "the fate of this country is the fate of Europe." "What is very important today is unity between Europe, Ukraine and the United States ." Ukrainian President
  • Volodymyr
  • Zelensky said this while speaking to journalists before the summit in Downing Street with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “There are things we cannot manage without the Americans and things we cannot manage without Europe,” Zelensky added.Russia has indicted dozens of former and current political and military Ukrainian officials for “
  • genocide
  • ” of the ethnic Russian or Russian-speaking population of Donbass since 2014. Among the 41 accused by the Prosecutor General's Office does not appear President Volodymyr Zelensky, while his predecessor Petro Poroshenko, the Minister of Defense Denys Shmygal, the former head of the armed forces Valeriy Zaluzhny, the current one Oleksandr Syrsky
  • , the former head of the presidential cabinet
  • Andriy Yermak and Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security Council and head of the Ukrainian delegation for peace talks. 2:57 PM Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at Downing Street in London, where he was welcomed by British Prime Minister Kier Starmer. The Kiev leader will attend a summit also attended by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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