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Ukraine’s President and European leaders connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025) accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling for clip successful diplomatic efforts to bring his invasion of Ukraine to an extremity and opposed immoderate determination to marque Kyiv surrender onshore captured by Russian forces successful instrumentality for peace, arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump has connected juncture suggested.
Eight European leaders arsenic good arsenic elder European Union officials said successful a associated connection they mean to spell up with plans to usage Moscow’s billions of dollars (euros) of frozen assets abroad to assistance Kyiv triumph the war, contempt immoderate misgivings astir the legality and consequences of specified a step.
The connection expressed enactment for Mr. Trump’s bid efforts successful Ukraine arsenic helium prepares to meet with Mr. Putin successful Budapest, Hungary successful coming weeks.
No day has been acceptable for the Budapest summit, and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov indicated connected Tuesday (October 21) determination was nary consciousness of urgency. “Preparation is needed, superior preparation,” helium told reporters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that Mr. Putin returned to diplomacy, calling Mr. Trump past week aft the American president said helium mightiness supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles. But "as soon arsenic the unit eased a little, the Russians began to effort to driblet diplomacy, postpone the dialogue,” Mr. Zelenskyy said connected Tuesday (October 21) successful a Telegram post.
"We request to extremity this war, and lone unit volition pb to peace,” helium said.
The leaders' connection laid down a marker by saying the leaders “remain committed to the rule that planetary borders indispensable not beryllium changed by force.”
Mr. Trump past period reversed his long-held presumption that Ukraine would person to concede onshore and suggested it could triumph backmost each the territory it has mislaid to Russia. However, aft a telephone telephone with Mr. Putin past week and a consequent gathering with Mr. Zelenskyy connected Friday (October 17), Mr. Trump shifted his presumption again and called connected Kyiv and Moscow to “stop wherever they are” successful the much than three-year war.
On Sunday (October 19), Mr. Trump said that the concern Donbas portion of eastbound Ukraine should beryllium “cut up,” leaving astir of it successful Russian hands.
Mr. Trump said connected Monday (October 20) that portion helium thinks it is imaginable that Ukraine tin yet decision Russia, he’s present doubtful it volition happen.
Ukrainian and European leaders are trying hard to support Mr. Trump connected their side.
“We powerfully enactment President Trump’s presumption that the warring should halt immediately, and that the existent enactment of interaction should beryllium the starting constituent of negotiations,” the connection said. “We tin each spot that Putin continues to take unit and destruction."
The dynamics of Mr. Trump’s engagement with Europe's biggest struggle since World War II have zigzagged arsenic helium searches for a bid deal.
Russia occupies astir 1 5th of Ukraine, but carving up their state successful instrumentality for bid is unacceptable to Kyiv officials.
Also, a struggle frozen connected the existent beforehand enactment could fester, with occupied areas of Ukraine offering Moscow a springboard for caller attacks successful the future, Ukrainian and European officials fear.
The connection by the leaders of Ukraine, the U.K., Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Denmark and EU officials came aboriginal successful what Mr. Zelenskyy said Monday (October 20) would beryllium a week that is “very progressive successful diplomacy.”
More planetary economical sanctions connected Russia are apt to beryllium discussed astatine an E.U. acme successful Brussels connected Thursday (October 23).
“We indispensable ramp up the unit connected Russia’s system and its defence industry, until Putin is acceptable to marque peace,” Tuesday’s (October 21) connection said.
On Friday (October 24), a gathering of the Coalition of the Willing — a radical of 35 countries who enactment Ukraine — is owed to instrumentality spot successful London.
