&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "‘Putin is bluffing’: Zelensky warns Trump during call, urges more sanctions if Russia rejects ceasefire at Alaska talks")
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday (Aug 13) said that he told US President Donald Trump and European leaders during the virtual call that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “bluffing”, adding that the Russian leader doesn’t “want peace”. He further urged more sanctions on Russia if it rejects the ceasefire during the talks in Alaska between Trump and Putin on Friday (Aug 15).
“We hope that the central topic at the meeting will be a ceasefire. An immediate ceasefire,” Zelensky said.
“Sanctions must be in place and must be strengthened if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire,” Zelensky added. The Ukrainian leader was speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
Zelensky’s remarks come ahead of a meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska on Friday (Aug 15). The US president has said that he wants to arrange a trilateral meeting including Zelensky.
“I have told my colleagues, the US president, and our European friends, that Putin definitely does not want peace,” Zelensky said. He added that Russia was “trying to put pressure on all parts of the Ukrainian front ahead of the meeting in Alaska.”
The Ukrainian leader further said, “What concerns Ukraine must be discussed with Ukraine.” He also said that Trump assured him during the call that he would contact him right after meeting Putin.
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When asked about the potential for ceding land in the Donbas, Zelensky said, “My position is not changing.” A day earlier, he said that he has “no right to” surrender his country’s land.
“Any issue which deals with the territorial integrity of Ukraine cannot be discussed just like that, without looking at our constitution and the will of our people,” he said. “As to our principles, as to our territorial integrity, in the end, will be decided on the level of leaders. Without Ukraine (at the table), it’s impossible to achieve.”
