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Welcome to The Logoff: A brief-notice assembly on the White Home as we speak introduced President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and 7 different European leaders collectively to debate the Russian struggle in Ukraine — however revealed little about whether or not a peace deal will likely be potential.
What occurred? Two main subjects of debate had been the potential for a ceasefire and safety ensures for Ukraine. Trump stated the US would offer Ukraine with “superb safety” from Russia as a part of a possible peace deal; although the specifics of such an association are nonetheless unclear, NATO Secretary-Normal Mark Rutte described it as a “breakthrough.”
The opposite massive results of the assembly is the promise of one other assembly — this time, a trilateral dialogue between Trump, Zelenskyy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which Trump has pushed to rearrange, and Zelenskyy as we speak signaled he could be open to.
The assembly additionally went extra easily than Trump’s February dialog with Zelenskyy, which devolved into Trump and Vice President JD Vance each haranguing the Ukrainian chief.
Who attended? The assembly featured a exceptional assemblage of European leaders who gathered to point out assist for Zelenskyy, underscoring the struggle’s broader significance to the continent. Along with Trump and Zelenskyy, the leaders of Finland, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK had been within the room, as had been Rutte and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Fee president.
What’s the context? At present’s assembly follows Trump’s Friday summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, which ended abruptly with little introduced progress. Over the weekend, nevertheless, Trump indicated his assist for a Putin plan that might require Ukraine to cede territory as a situation for ending the struggle, in addition to backed off his earlier insistence on an instantaneous ceasefire.
What’s subsequent? A trilateral assembly between Trump, Putin, and Zelenskyy now appears extra seemingly. Such a gathering may construct on discussions over the previous two weeks and produce Putin and Zelenskyy face-to-face — nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not Putin is even focused on ending a struggle when he believes his troops are nonetheless profitable on the battlefield.
And with that, it’s time to sign off…
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