Putin’s Army Continues To Advance On Ukraine Despite Trump Ultimatum

While European leaders are informing that Donald Trump successful a room unsocial pinch Vladimir Putin is simply a look for disaster, nan US president warned his Russian counterpart that location will beryllium “severe consequences” if he does not perpetrate to bid successful Ukraine.

The gathering is not for different 2 days, connected August 15th successful Alaska, so, successful nan meantime, Putin has ordered his subject to proceed advancing and attacking Ukraine.

In fact, successful nan lead-up to nan bid talks, which cipher seems to person immoderate dream for, Russian forces person continued making a crisp thrust into eastbound Ukraine successful what whitethorn beryllium an effort to summation nan unit connected Kyiv to springiness up land. 

However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has adamantly said that giving up immoderate onshore to Russia is wholly retired of nan question, saying that Moscow would usage immoderate territory to motorboat an moreover fiercer warfare connected Ukraine successful nan adjacent future.

‘I don’t person to say’ which, but location will be

Asked what those terrible consequences would be, Trump did not specify any, but he has successful nan past warned of economical sanctions if a gathering betwixt himself and President Putin successful Alaska connected Friday proved fruitless, according to a Reuters report connected August 13th.

“Yes, location will beryllium terrible consequences,” Trump reiterated, arsenic Euro Weekly News reported connected August 13th, arsenic well. However, asked if they would beryllium successful nan measurement of tariffs, Trump told reporters, “I don’t person to say, location will beryllium very terrible consequences.”

Following a gathering pinch European leaders pinch Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron said it was positive. 

“President Trump was very clear that nan United States wanted to execute a ceasefire astatine this gathering successful Alaska,” Macron said. “The 2nd constituent connected which things were very clear, arsenic expressed by President Trump, is that territories belonging to Ukraine cannot beryllium negotiated and will only beryllium negotiated by nan Ukrainian president.”

Putin is bluffing

Russia is apt to defy immoderate of Ukraine and Europe’s demands, and antecedently said its stance had not changed since Putin group it retired successful June 2024, Reuters added.

“I told nan U.S. president and each our European colleagues that Putin is bluffing (about his stated wish to extremity nan war),” Zelenskiy said, according to CNN.

“He is trying to use unit earlier nan gathering successful Alaska on each parts of nan Ukrainian front. Russia is trying to show that it tin inhabit each of Ukraine,” he added.

As conditions for a ceasefire and nan commencement of bid negotiations, Kremlin leader Alexei Fadeev had demanded that Ukraine retreat its forces from 4 regions that Russia has claimed arsenic its ain but does not afloat control, and formally renounce its plans to subordinate NATO.

Kyiv swiftly rejected nan conditions arsenic tantamount to surrender.

Ukrainians want peace, but not astatine immoderate cost

A Gallup canvass released past week revealed that astir 70 per cent of Ukrainians favour a negotiated extremity to nan warfare arsenic soon arsenic possible, but they besides indicated that they do not want bid astatine immoderate costs if that intends crushing concessions.

In an analysis, nan Guardian wrote that erstwhile lessons are clear. “Putting Donald Trump unsocial successful a room pinch Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable – and often vulnerable – affair,” nan news outlet wrote. They referred to nan US president’s meetings pinch Putin, who they declare ever ends up “dazzling” Trump and convincing him he intends nary evil.