Soon after the 15 August meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski warned against excluding his country from the talks: “Any decision made against us, any decision made without Ukraine, any decisions made against peace, decisions made against peace.
Many Ukrainians share this approach, according to a survey conducted by Kiev International Institute of Sociology (Kiis) in late July and early August. “Ukrainian is open to interaction and makes hard,” Kiis’s Anton Hruschezkyj told DW. “, Absolute majority, however, continues to dismiss the demands for [Ukrainian] Dedication. ,
For the survey, 76% of Ukrainians reject Russia’s “Peace Plan” and the idea of giving concessions for Russia. At the same time, 49% of the American peace plan oppose the peace plan that guarantees safety for Ukraine from European countries, but not from the US, recognizes Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, maintains Russian control over Ukraine -occupied areas, and increases sanctions against Russia.
It will prove to be difficult to implement a deal
Ukrainian does not deny that the upcoming dialogue between Trump and Trump, in which Ukrainian or European representatives will not be present, will be aimed at capitulating Ukraine.
“Russian has never changed its conversation stance and will not do so,” said Volodiemier Horback of the Ukrainian Institute for Northern Eurasia Transformation (INET) and will not do so until they face serious military and political defeats. “
The fact that Trump is talking to Russia with pressure before Putin, shows to change its stance that this approach is wasted for failure, calling Horbacks.
Horback said, “Russian will stick to its position and offer a ceasefire in exchange for real surgery of Ukraine, in other words, fulfilling Russian demands. So calling this concession is very innocent,” said Horback.
The analyst does not consider the upcoming Putin-Tramp dialogue as a disaster, but says they indicate for “dangerous tendency” because Trump “legalizes Russian was criminal Vladimir Putin, which is unacceptable to Ukraine and Europe.” Horback said he “in the context of the Ukrainian-Russian war is no possibility of implementing any real, practical consequences of the thesis negotiations. Putin that proposals can neither satisfy Ukraine nor the European Union.” He said that “Trump would have to maneuver, he would not be to force Ukraine and his European partners to accept Putin’s terms.”
What Ukraine said in a similar situation in March 2025, Demetro Levas says, who is the head of the Ukrain Meridian Social Research Center. At that time, Donald Trump believed that the war could end quickly by interacting with Russia and implementing a peace agreement based on Ukraine’s surrender. However, it proved impossible to lift the sanctions on Russia, as most of them were imposed by Europeans, Levas said.
They believe that after this Alaska meeting, the US and Russia will once again face reality – The Ukrainian army continues to defend its country and the Ukrainian European partners will accept unconditional and agree on any deal.
“Ukraine status, as stated by Zelancesi, is clear and correct: [Ukrainian] The constitution does not allow for seeding [Ukrainian] Area, “Levas told DW.” This is why I do not expect anything meaningful to come out of Alaska meeting. ,
Beware of Ukrainian politician summit
One of the leaders of the Ukraine’s opposition European solidarity party, Irina Herushchenko says the Putin-Trump meeting represents a challenge for the entire international security system. She explains that the whole world will indicate that violence can be rejected if Russia is rewarded for its attack on Ukraine, to enacted parts of the country and to fulfill war crimes. This is why Heroshko recognized Russian occupation and said that there is a red line which should not be crossed.
“This will pave the way for new wars, not only in our region,” Herushchenko said on Telegram. “This is why all dialogues should be held with commissions for specially strict security guarantee, international monitoring and restrictions of Ukraine and the European Union.” Nothing will bring peace, but will only lead to a new war.
Ukraine’s Danlo Hetmensive,Ruling People’s servants have a more positive attitude about the upcoming dialogues, saying that the summit will finally reveal Russia’s attitude.
“If the meeting is once again attempted on ‘diplomatic maneuver’ instead of productive dialogues, it will probably lead to implementing difficult American sanctions including Russia’s colleagues, which will have to pay to support the aggressive, which they would not like Telegram.
Will Ukraine find itself under pressure?
At the same time, Ukrainian experts do not deny that the US will once again try to blackmail Ukraine in accepting unacceptable situations after the Putin-Trump Summit.
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’s lecturer and Ukrainian Prism Think Tank Researcher Olecasandra Craves that Trump Ukraine may threaten Ukraine to prevent arms delivery.
“But [weapons] Crave told DW, “Already sporadic and uncontrolled, so it would not be as shocking as Trump announced something like this for the first time.
They believe that the summit will be purely held for “the sake of talks”, as no side has any real idea of how the war should end. “Rane may have a joint statement when continuing the talks, but all this is,” Crave said.
This article was translated from German.
