No one should put pressure on Ukraine to make territorial concessions — instead, the pressure should be on Russia to stop its aggression, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote in “Ex“, quoted by Ukrinform.
“None of us should put pressure on Zelensky regarding territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. "The policy of concessions has never been the path to a just and lasting peace," Tusk said.
Ukrinform recalls that information appeared in the media that during the negotiations at the White House, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff put pressure on Ukraine to cede the Donetsk region to Russia.
During his meeting with US President Donald Trump on October 17, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was ready to join Trump's upcoming meeting with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin in Budapest.
Maintaining European solidarity with Ukraine, which is fighting the Russian invasion, is more important today than ever, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on the occasion of the talks between the US and Ukrainian presidents, the Polish news agency PAP reported.
US President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Friday. But Trump dashed Ukraine's hopes for a quick delivery of Tomahawk cruise missiles that could tip the balance in the nearly three-year conflict, arguing that the United States needs the missiles and that providing them to Ukraine could escalate tensions between the United States and Russia.
After the meeting, Zelensky spoke by phone with a number of European leaders, including Tusk.
"Following President Zelensky's talks at the White House and with European leaders, one thing is absolutely clear: Europe's solidarity with Ukraine against Russian aggression is more important today than ever," Tusk wrote on the social platform "Ex".