Zelensky urges Putin-Trump summit to deliver immediate Ukraine ceasefire
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said that Russia should face new sanctions if it does not agree to an “immediate ceasefire” at a summit with US President Donald Trump this week.
“We hope that the central topic at the meeting will be a ceasefire. An immediate ceasefire,” Zelensky said after a call with Trump and European leaders.
“Sanctions must be in place and must be strengthened if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire,” Zelensky added, speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
Trump is due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday and has said he wants to arrange a trilateral meeting including Zelensky.
Ukraine, in March, agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire and has said there can be no substantive peace talks with Russia without one.
Russia has rejected the ceasefire proposal and stalled on Zelensky’s call for direct talks with Putin.
“I have told my colleagues, the US president, and our European friends, that Putin definitely does not want peace,” Zelensky said.
He also said that Russia was “trying to put pressure on all parts of the Ukrainian front ahead of the meeting in Alaska”.
AFP
