Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European allies will use a virtual meeting with US President Donald Trump to outline Ukraine's red lines in talks with russian dictator vladimir putin, Politico reported.
Zelenskyy and allies hope the conditions will deter putin from using the agreement with Trump to regroup and further attack Ukraine.
"Ukraine wants a deal that has meaningful security guarantees and simply does not allow Trump and putin to unite to reintegrate russia into the global economy. This would only allow putin to strengthen russia for new offensive actions," the report said.
In addition, Russia must compensate for the damage caused, return kidnapped children and release prisoners of war.
Ukraine's main strategic interests in any negotiations with russia:
Lasting ceasefire
The publication recalls that putin's main goals were the so-called "liberation of Donbas", while the American side also allows Ukraine to give up the eastern region in exchange for russia stopping this occupation and not going too far south. Trump himself hints that peace requires a "land swap", Politico notes.
Ukraine's position is that it will not make any concessions regarding its borders, as guaranteed by international law and its own constitution.
"If Kyiv ultimately has to make any compromises as part of a final agreement based on the realities on the battlefield, it will talk about territorial issues only after russia agrees to a ceasefire and adheres to it," a source familiar with the matter told Politico.
Compensation
Estimates of the human and material losses to Ukraine range from USD 500 billion to USD 1 trillion.
Security guarantees
Ukraine sees membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union as the only long-term way to deter and deter future russian aggression. Ukraine also rejects Moscow's demands to reduce its 900,000-strong army, currently the largest in Europe after russia, and rejects demands that its allies stop sending weapons.
Return of children and prisoners of war
Russia has abducted and taken away nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children. So far, Ukraine has managed to return 1,453 with the mediation of Qatar and other countries. Ukraine demands the return of all children and prisoners of war.
Trump should not "save russia"
Ukraine and its allies want to keep the pressure on russia, because lifting sanctions and allowing trade to resume would give Moscow time to regroup for an offensive to complete the conquest of Ukraine. They believe that the threat of new US sanctions will force putin to negotiate more seriously.
"Russia is feeling the pain of the war it started. It has now lost more than a million soldiers killed and wounded, and its economy is finally starting to feel the impact of Western sanctions. The war has cost russia about USD 2 trillion so far, close to its annual economic output," analyst Timothy Ash said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 12, Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics and a longtime Kremlin foreign policy adviser, outlined putin's demands for a deal with Trump.
On August 11, US President Donald Trump explained why he had not tightened sanctions and imposed tariffs against the aggressor country russia, as he had repeatedly said before.
On August 10, The New York Times reported that the meeting with Trump was an ideal opportunity for putin to end the war on his own terms and split NATO.
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