Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution War with RussiaAs President of the United States, Donald Trump’s Friday deadline The Kremlin arrives to stop the murder, and he Possibility of summit meetings Discuss the conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s efforts so far have been in pressure on Putin There was no progress. Russia’s larger army is mercilessly firing Ukrainian cities, while also making great sacrifices of troops and armor deep into Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are far apart on their terms of peace.
Ukrainian forces are trapped in fierce battles along the 1,000-kilometer (620 miles) frontline that snakes from northeastern Ukraine to southeastern. Pokrovsk urban areas in the East Donetsk region are bearing the brunt of punishment as Russia is about to invade the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region from there. Ukraine is facing a significant shortage of talent.
The fierce battles are also taking place in Ukraine’s North Smee border region. The Ukrainian army is involving Russian soldiers to prevent reinforcements from being sent from there to Donetsk.
In the Pokrovsk region, the commander said he believes Moscow has no interest in peace.
“It’s impossible to negotiate with them. The only option is to defeat them,” Spartan Brigade Commander Buda told The Associated Press. He used only call signs in line with the rules of the Ukrainian military.
“I want them to agree and stop all of this, but Russia doesn’t agree. It doesn’t want to negotiate. So the only option is to beat them,” he said.
In the southern region of Zaporia, the How Cannon Commander who uses Call Sign Warsaw, the forces said they were determined to stop Russian invasion.
“We’re in our land, we have no way out,” he said. “So we stand in our position, we have no choice.”
Trump said on Thursday that Russian leaders will meet with Putin, even if they don’t meet with Ukrainian counterpart Voldymir Zelensky. It surprised the fear in Europe that Ukraine could be on the sidelines in an effort to stop the continent’s biggest conflict since World War II.
“Putin remains uninterested in ending his war and is trying to extract bilateral concessions from the United States without any meaningful involvement in the peace process,” the War Institute, a Washington think tank, said in an assessment Thursday.
“President Putin continues to believe that time is on the Russian side and that Russia can outperform Ukraine and the West,” he said.
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said on Friday that Europe should make efforts to end the conflict.
Orban said German and French leaders should go to Moscow “to negotiate on behalf of Europe.” Otherwise, “We’ll be on the sidelines when managing security issues on our continent,” Ovan told Hungarian provincial broadcasting stations.
Oban, a harsh critic of the European Union to which his country belongs, said that European concerns that the Trump Putin Summit might not address the interests of the continent, should seize diplomatic initiatives.
“This war cannot end on the frontline, and the solution cannot be concluded on the battlefield,” he said. “This war must be ended by diplomats, politicians and leaders of the negotiation table.”
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Samia Karab, in Kiev, Ukraine, contributed to this report.
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