The EU’s top diplomat has cautioned against pressuring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia in exchange for a future peace agreement. Kaja Kallas warned that allowing Russia to retain Ukrainian lands was a “trap that Putin wants us to walk into” in her first UK interview since EU leaders joined Donald Trump’s White House peace talks with Ukraine.
Russia has long disputed the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, and throughout the previous ten years, 1.5 million Ukrainians have been forced to evacuate due to military aggression. Trump emphasized the necessity of “swapping of territories,” but Ukraine has repeatedly refused to cede Donbas to the Kremlin in exchange for peace.
The Kremlin’s “wanted list” includes Kallas, who also talked extensively about “credible and robust” security guarantees for Ukraine. She acknowledged that at this point in the negotiations, there weren’t many “concrete steps” for a deterrent force.
She emphasized the significance of creating guarantees that were “not just on paper” and stated that “a strong Ukraine army is the strongest security guarantee.
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