Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in Alaska (Image: Getty)
Keir Starmer will join EU leaders for talks with Donald Trump tomorrow, as he attempts to influence the US president’s discussions with Vladimir Putin about the fate of Ukraine. The Prime Minister has warned that peace “must be built with Ukraine, not imposed upon it”, amid fears that the US and Russia will force Kyiv to hand over territory in what will be seen as a victory for Mr Putin.
Mr Trump and his Russian counterpart are to meet in Alaska on Friday for negotiations about ending the three-year war in Ukraine. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not be involved, and neither will America’s European allies. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz invited leaders of Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Ukraine to take part in tomorrow's video-conference talks, which also involve the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Council, the NATO Secretary General and Mr Trump as well as US Vice-President JD Vance.
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Sir Keir has avoided any criticism of the US President while Mr Zelensky issued a statement supporting “President Trump’s determination” to end the war. But there is concern after Mr Trump suggested Ukraine may have to give up territory. The US President told reporters: “There’ll be some land swapping going on”.
In a joint statement earlier this week, Sir Keir and other European leaders said: “Ukraine has the freedom of choice over its own destiny.”
They insisted: “The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine.”
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A similar statement issued by 26 EU nations said: “International borders must not be changed by force”. Hungary’s leader Viktor Orban, who has maintained friendly relations with Russia, refused to sign.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a government meeting yesterday: “Ukraine cannot lose this war and nobody has the right to pressure Ukraine into making territorial or other concessions, or making decisions that smack of capitulation.”
However, it is unclear whether these views will have any impact on Friday’s talks.
There were reports yesterday that Russia had launched a surprise offensive near the Ukrainian mining town of Dobropillia, near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, possibly seizing up to 10km of territory.
President Zelensky warned that far from preparing for peace, Russia was planning further attacks. He said: “We see that the Russian army is not preparing to end the war. On the contrary, they are making movements that indicate preparations for new offensive operations.”
Earlier this week, President Trump suggested Ukraine could be forced to concede territory and pledged to “try to get back” some of Ukraine’s “oceanfront property” from Russia.
He said: “We’re going to change the lines, the battle lines. Russia has occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They’ve occupied some very prime territory. We’re going to try and get some of that territory back for Ukraine.
“They have taken largely – in real estate we call it oceanfront property. That’s always the most valuable property.”
But Mr Zelensky has already rejected any proposal that would compromise Ukraine’s territorial integrity, something that is forbidden by Ukraine’s constitution.
Number 10 has backed Mr Trump’s interventions over the war but warned that Mr Putin cannot be trusted “as far as you can throw him”.
Asked whether Sir Keir believes the Russian president could be trusted in negotiations, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the UK supported both Kyiv and the US president’s push for peace, but not Moscow.
“Never trust President Putin as far as you could throw him, but we obviously will support Ukraine,” he said.
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“We will obviously support President Trump and European nations as we enter these negotiations.
“But it is exactly why we’ve been leading this work on the coalition of the willing, because any ceasefire, as I say, cannot just be an opportunity for President Putin to go away, re-arm, restrengthen, and then go again.
“So we’re not going to leave it to trust. We’re going to ensure that we’re prepared such that we achieve a ceasefire.”
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