There has been no direct talks between the two sides to end the conflict, but the two countries are coming under increasing pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration to end the conflict. Trump, who would mark the next week for 100 days in the office, promised to end the war on its first day.
And State Secretary Marco Rubio suggested on Friday that the US could be ready to “move forward” until a peace deal progressed.
After a meeting with Ukrainian and European officials in Paris, he said, “We will not continue with this effort for weeks and months.”
Zelansky will again hold more meetings with senior American and European officials in London this week.
The senior American official said that the upcoming round negotiations were “seriously important.” He said Ukraine and Europe are expected to present their reaction to a “letter of conditions”, which they were presented in the French capital by Rubio and Trump’s special messengers, Steve Witchoff and Keith Kelog.
He said that Rubio spoke with Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov last week, but came out of very little call. He said that “meetings for meetings” would not be “unless there were clear indications that the progress was quick to receive.
Following his comments, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine over the weekend, citing humanitarian reasons.
However, the two sides violated the Trus after Russia targeted the country with a new round of strike. Ukrainian soldiers later opened fire on Russia.
At his overnight address on Monday, Zelanski said that talks in London “is a primary task: to push to an unconditional ceasefire. It should be the initial point.”
But their country faces enough obstacles in achieving real and permanent peace, given the long -held maximalist demands of Putin to end the war, which will require to reduce all the land occupied by Russia and accept permanent neutrality.
In the past, Ukraine has said that doing so will be the amount to surrender and release the country for attacks by Moscow in future.
Trump hit a more optimistic note on Sunday, saying that a post on the truth social was stated that the two sides would “this week” a deal. ,
