Witkoff: The US and Russia agreed on game-changing security guarantees — U.S. Article Five-style protection.
Russia will have to codify in law that it won’t seize more Ukrainian territory or violate European countries’ sovereignty [except that it did this many times already] 1/
Q: Is Ukraine ceding all of Donbas on the table?
Witkoff: 5 regions have always been the crux of the deal. Russia made some concessions on all 5.
Donetsk is key — that will be discussed Monday with Zelenskyy and European leaders. 2/
Witkoff: President Trump can't agree to any land swap — that’s for the Ukrainians, and they’ve made that clear.
He respects that, which is why we’re moving quickly to Monday’s Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy. 3X
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McFaul: Trump didn’t talk tough. He admired Putin, he was acquiescent. I’ve dealt with Putin, he sees weakness. No cost for invasion makes Trump look weak.
For decades the U.S. was leader of the free world. Now maybe we don’t have that mantle. 1/
McFaul: The President of the United States invited a dictator, an indicted war criminal. He kidnaps children from Ukraine, bombs civilians, kills them. That’s terrorism.
Yet the president met him, invited him here, rolled out a red carpet. You don’t have to do that. 2/
McFaul: Ceasefire and trilateral meeting didn’t happen. No progress, so they canceled the press conference, held a Soviet-style one instead.
I’ve organized such meetings. It’s unusual to skip the plan. I wish Zelenskyy well on Monday. 3/
Merz: If a meeting between Zelenskyy, Putin, and Trump can be arranged, it will be more valuable than a ceasefire that could last for weeks without further progress in political and diplomatic efforts. 1/
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the US, not European countries, is playing a decisive role in ending the war in Ukraine.
Merz: Europeans play a role, but the decisive power in this war is the US, using military and sanctions to push Russia to act. 2/
Merz: Russia seems willing to negotiate along the current contact line, not administrative borders, a huge difference.
Putin reportedly agreed to negotiate along the current front line, but these are details to be settled in a peace agreement.