Donald Trump still unsure if US will join Paris talks with Ukraine

According to the US. President, the US intends to achieve a result, so its participation will depend on this factor.

"Well, there's a meeting on Saturday. We'll see whether or not we attend the meeting. We said we'll attend the meeting if they think there's a good chance that they want me to attend," Trump said.

The President added that they want (presumably Europe and Ukraine) the United States to be present. Washington intends to help resolve the situation.

"They want us to attend, and we'll be attending the meeting on Saturday in Europe if we think there's a good chance. And we don't want to waste a lot of time. We think it's negative. We, you know, we want it to get settled. We want to save a lot of lives," the US President concluded.

US peace plan

On Thursday, December 11, Axios reported that on the 13th, Ukraine, the US, and the EU would hold talks in Paris due to disputed points in Trump’s plan.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated the same evening that Trump is already tired of meetings for the sake of meetings, so the US will send its representative to the talks only if there is a real possibility of signing a peace agreement.

Earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had demanded European leaders put pressure on Zelenskyy to accept the US peace plan.

Additionally, on the night of December 12, during remarks directed at Kyiv, Trump publicly stated that Zelenskyy was supposedly the only one who disliked the American plan for ending the war.

The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also appealed to Europe, urging it to help Ukraine make a difficult decision.

The US, Ukraine, and Europe continue working on the peace plan and are discussing three key initiatives: a framework document, a security guarantees agreement, and a document defining the principles of post-war reconstruction.

For a detailed breakdown of the peace plan, read the article by RBC-Ukraine.