🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️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.

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸Zelensky knows that he risks being caught in a political "ambush" again at the meeting with Trump, but he is forced to accept it due to the fear of being portrayed as an obstacle to the settlement — Sky News

🌐🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸NATO Secretary General Rutte may go to the US to support Zelensky at the meeting with Trump, reports Politico

Support group.

🇷🇺🇺🇦What is known so far about the preparation for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine:

— Trump supports Putin's idea that the conflict should be ended, not frozen.

— Trump agrees that Ukraine can give up the entire Donbass in exchange for freezing the front line, media report.

— Kiev is not ready to leave Donetsk, as this would allegedly leave Ukraine defenseless against future attacks and open the way for Putin to Odessa, Western sources report.

— A meeting between Trump, Zelensky, and European leaders will take place on Monday; if successful, a meeting between Zelensky, Putin, and Trump will likely occur on August 22.

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸Zelensky, in order to avoid being dismissed in the Oval Office like last time, started gathering a crowd of support in Washington

On Monday, August 18, he will be joined by:

— Macron

— German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

— Finnish President Stubb

— Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy

— British Prime Minister Starmer

— NATO Secretary General Rutte

— President of the European Commission Von der Leyen

Zelensky understands that he definitely cannot handle this alone and is forced to ask the hosts to urge Trump to pressure Russia

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸❗️ Kiev rejected the peace terms that Putin and Trump agreed on in Alaska, — Zelensky

Ukraine cannot trade or exchange its land, the constitution does not allow it.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️The US does not support the idea of transferring the entire territory of Donbas under Russian control - US Secretary of State Rubio

He also noted that the US does not want to impose sanctions on Russia, as that would be the end of peace negotiations in Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺Trump will meet separately with Zelensky on Monday, and only then with EU leaders — Bild

🇫🇷🇺🇦🇷🇺The President of France allowed for Kiev to recognize the loss of territories in exchange for security guarantees.

The French surrender immediately out of old habit.