The White House today culminates in the end of the end of the war in Ukraine, with Donald Trump pushing Volodimir Zelenski for concessions, European leaders calling for clear US security guarantees and Moscow, although absent.

What had originally presented as a meeting between two presidents, Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski, has now evolved more into a summit, the BBC said.

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Leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, the EU and NATO have crossed the Atlantic to participate in critical consultations to end the three -year war with Russia and the terms of a peacekeeping agreement

It reflects the high stakes and the growing European concerns that the US is moving at a less -friendly stop to Ukraine.

Trump wants any agreement

Donald Trump’s pre -election promise was that he would solve the conflict on the first day of his term. Six months later, however, there is no progress.

The terms of any agreement seem to be less important to Trump than the agreement itself, resulting in the conditions change with time.

From his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Trump seems to have abandoned his criticism of Moscow and the threat of sanctions, choosing instead to increase the pressure on Volodimir Zelenski.

On Sunday night he warned the Ukrainian president that he had to give up hopes of NATO membership and grant Crimea, which Putin annexed in 2014.

Trump’s envoy, Steve Whitkov, said Washington would provide security guarantees in Europe with the aim of preventing Russian aggression in the future. However, the details remain unclear.

Until now, the US has resisted European demands to commit to the future security of Ukraine. All eyes are turning to the White House today to see if it has really changed.

Ukraine wants to avoid giving soil

Volodimir Zelenski is in the unfavorable position of having to keep his line against a Donald Trump who is increasingly impatient, influenced by Vladimir Putin and has already accused the Ukrainian president of “standing in the way of peace”.

Trump will probably ask Zelenski to agree on territories. This would be extremely difficult for the Ukrainian president, as he would mean retreat from Donetsk and Luhank, areas for which thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have fought and killed by 2022.

It would also allow Russia to gain control of huge areas, which it could later use as a springboard to re -attack.

Thus, Zelenski cannot consent to territorial concessions without strong security guarantees that would be activated in the event of a new Russian attack. These could have been provided through NATO, but Trump has made it clear that Ukraine would not join the alliance.

The details of any alternative guarantees have probably not yet been clarified without them, but it will be difficult for Zelenski to make commitments.

Ukraine is also concerned with the fact that Trump seems to have abandoned the idea of a truce and pushing for a complete peace agreement. This could take extremely long, allowing in the meantime to continue Russian attacks, losses of civilians and losses on the front.

Europe is calling for US commitment to Ukraine security

European leaders will try to push Donald Trump to clarify what US security guarantees could mean for Ukraine.

The ambiguity of US statements is concerned about Europeans, who believe that there should be a credible US commitment to protect Ukraine from possible future Russian attacks.

There is also a strong concern about the possibility that the US will insist that Ukraine can grant territories to Russia. The European continent has a long history of bloody wars and leaders want to avoid a scenario where the borders of a sovereign state are forced to forcefully.

These serious concerns explain the unprecedented decision of such a large delegation of leaders to visit the White House at the last minute.

Last week, after the US-EU online meeting before Alaska’s meeting, Trump has been criticizing his criticism of Russia, but now he seems to be tilting to Moscow again. European leaders will try to make it clear that their concerns about the long -term security of the Epirus remain unchanged.

Russia wants more Ukrainian land

There will be no Russian representation in the White House today. This, however, may not matter: it seems that Vladimir Putin left a strong impression on Donald Trump last week, so that Moscow is sure that her own perspective would be sufficiently represented.

Trump has already stated that Ukraine will not join NATO, a commitment that Russia wants to repeat and be validated. In addition, Moscow is seeking complete control of Donbas, which would mean that Kiev should abandon the territories he still holds in Donetsk and Lugansk.

But perhaps most importantly, Russia has managed to instill in Trump the idea that it is now up to Zelenski to conclude an agreement to end the war, while knowing very well that it cannot directly consent to territorial concessions. For Moscow, a “victory” would be for this friction to lead Trump to finally leave the negotiating table, leaving Ukraine and Europeans to be alone.