The main part of Trump’s ceasefire will cause horror in Kyiv

There is no deal in Alaska. He has always been the most common and in the absence of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, perhaps the most desirable result.

But US President Donald Trump’s President Donald Trump is moving away from the need for an immediate ceasefire, which he said in advance that he wants, will cause a deep horror in Kiev and around Europe.

The position of Russia has long been that the termination of fire can only come in the context of a comprehensive agreement, taking into account the interests of Russia – and inevitably implies the capitulation of Ukraine.

This is the position Trump once again seems approved.

“This was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine,” he wrote about Truth Social, “is to go directly to a peace agreement.”

They end the fire, he noted, “often do not stay.”

This seems to be flying before Ukraine’s main request approved by all its European supporters: that it must be the first to be unconditional cessation of the fire.

Most importantly, he also buys Vladimir Putin to Russia on the battlefield, where he is convinced he wins.

“If Putin’s military goal was to avoid immediate restrictions on Russian operations in Ukraine, he seems to have succeeded,” says Matthew Saville, director of the Military Sciences at the Institute for Royal United Services.

In his brief expression in the press last night, Putin warned Ukraine and Europeans not to “throw a wrench” in the works of unspecified progress he and Trump have achieved.

But this, for Kiev and his allies, is exactly what Trump did, canceling the achievements of what everyone hoped was a successful previous week of frantic diplomacy aimed at influencing the result in Alaska.

This is a reminder as if it is necessary, Trump’s tendency to echo the views of the last person to have his ear.

For a short while this morning, European leaders will catch their breath, waiting to see if their efforts have been fruit or left aside.

True to his word before the top meeting, Trump climbed to Zelenski. The two men spoke an hour before joining European leaders.

Zelenski said the call was “long and essential” and that he would travel to Washington on Monday for his first visit after the catastrophic meeting of the Oval Office in February.

Since then, a lot has happened, with the European allies of Kiev working hard to repair the damage and the Zelenski school in the best ways to deal with the capricious and variable inhabitant of the White House.

“I am grateful for the invitation,” Zelenski publishes, and added “it is important for America’s power to influence the situation.”

But in a later post, after Trump’s Truth Social statement, Zelenski accepted a more successful tone.

“The killings have to stop as soon as possible,” he said. “The fire must stop both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure.”

Europe’s “Trump whispers” raised this morning, where they stayed last week.

They pointed out the vitality of the inclusion of Ukraine in the conversations about his future, but also a pause, as they know they need to do regularly to show appreciation for Trump’s efforts.

“President Trump’s efforts brought us from ever to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine,” said Sir Kiir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Starmer said he welcomed what he called the “openness” of the United States, along with Europe, to provide “stable security guarantees” for Ukraine in the event of a deal.

If, and when the battles end up, the exact nature of these guarantees will need to be written in many more details than before.

Despite the emerging role of Europe as the main military, economic and political support of Ukraine, everyone knows that Ukraine’s future security cannot really be guaranteed without the significant support of the United States.

In his own comments about the Alaska summit, the leader of Italy, Georgia Meloni, said the guarantees for Ukraine could be “inspired by Article 5 of NATO” – the principle of collective protection signed by all NATO members.

Several reports this morning suggested the idea of NATO guarantees, but equivalent to Article 5 were discussed during the last call between Trump and European leaders.

But as a result of Trump’s obvious face this morning, you can almost hear the sound of the minds that rotate in the European capitals.

In London, it seems that the government is putting a brave face.

“If you can do all this (termination of fire and peace agreement) in one move or in a quick order, this is obviously a good thing,” said a senior source of Downing Street.

“But we all want to see the battle stop.”

Trump moved away from the idea of an immediate cessation of fire, no doubt, informed by Putin’s extremely controversial story about how the cessation of the fire collapses in the past.

Alaska quasi suutiles already represented a price for Putin. The return of the international steam on the international stage (albeit one, proclaimed with unambiguous manifestations of the US military, can be at the Air Base of Elmendorf-Richardson) and some of the seizures of the state visit.

The threat of increased US sanctions and Moscow withdrew, with Trump saying that it may have been two or three weeks before he even had to think about it.

All this raises many questions about what can greet Zelenski, both on Monday in Washington and when he finally finds himself in the room with Putin and Trump.

What advice Trump has for the Ukrainian leader, Sean Haniti asked for Fox.

“Make a deal,” a stupid answer came. “Russia is a very big power and they are not.”