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Commentary: Trump Must Stand Firm in Ukraine Summit with Putin
EUROPE, AUG 11 – Europeans warn Ukraine risks exclusion from Trump-Putin talks as Russia demands military limits and Ukraine seeks to preserve sovereignty amid ongoing conflict.
- On Friday in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump held discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at resolving the conflict in Ukraine that has lasted three and a half years.
- The meeting arose amid Russia's demand that Ukraine cede four annexed regions and that the Crimean Peninsula be recognized as Russian territory.
- European and Ukrainian leaders strongly opposed territorial concessions without Ukraine's involvement, warning that peace talks excluding Kyiv risk undermining its sovereignty and European security.
- Trump proposed that achieving peace might involve exchanging certain lands between Russia and Ukraine to benefit both sides, a notion that Ukrainian President Zelensky strongly opposed, causing alarm in Kyiv and across Europe.
- The summit highlighted deep divisions over Ukraine's future, with fears that excluding Ukraine from negotiations could set a dangerous precedent and weaken European stability.
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