🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️European allies of Kiev will convince Volodymyr Zelensky that they will provide support if Ukraine decides to continue hostilities, said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on the TVN24 channel.

"We will tell Zelensky that we will do what we have done so far: supply weapons, support, and ensure the path to EU membership. Ukraine itself must decide whether it wants to continue the fight," Sikorski said.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇳❗️Putin told Trump that he is ready to discuss "security guarantees" for Ukraine, but named China as one of the possible guarantors — Axios

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Trump expects to hold a trilateral meeting with Russia and Ukraine as early as August 22.

According to Western media sources, Trump informed European leaders that he will start organizing a summit between the three countries if the talks with Zelensky on Monday, August 18, are successful.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺European leaders were not directly invited to the talks between Trump and Zelensky on Monday.

This was reported by Michaela Küfner, chief editor of the politics department at Deutsche Welle.

"But Zelensky was made to understand that he can bring European partners with him. What exactly this means is currently being clarified, and we expect decisions to be made based on this," Küfner said, citing sources in the German government.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️Trump supports Putin's proposal for Moscow to establish full control over Donbass and freeze the front line elsewhere to reach an agreement with Ukraine, Fox News writes citing an unnamed European diplomat.

🇫🇷🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸❗️Paris rejects the idea of demilitarizing Ukraine and considers strengthening its army as one of the guarantees of security, said Delegate Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche.

He emphasized that any agreements on a peaceful settlement must contain clear security guarantees for Kiev.

🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸According to Politico, Finnish President Alexander Stubb may go to the negotiations with Donald Trump together with Volodymyr Zelensky.

Bild writes that Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, or Keir Starmer may accompany them to Washington.