Nadia Pryshlyak19:00, 20.10.26

Kallas emphasized that Europe must participate in the negotiations and continue to support Ukraine.

American negotiators have been trying for a year and a half to push Ukraine to surrender on the terms of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, but Ukraine did not surrender thanks to Europe’s support. This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, during a plenary debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, as reported by ” European Pravda “.

“Although American negotiators have been trying for almost two years, now a year and a half, to push Ukraine into surrender, the reason Ukraine did not capitulate on Putin’s terms is because Europe supported Ukraine,” she said.

According to her,Europe must continue to support Ukraine and has no other choice.

Kallas recalled that in February 2026, she presented a “maximalist plan” for participation in peace negotiations to the EU foreign ministers, and if Russia makes demands, it must put them on the table in order to further balance positions in the negotiations.

According to her, Russia is interested, in particular, in the lifting of sanctions, but decisions on such issues fall within the competence of Europe, so it must be represented at the negotiating table.

“But we must state very, very clearly that we also have demands on Russia. We are not giving these things away for free, because it is not just about peace, but also about this peace being lasting and just,” Kallas stressed.

USA and Russia

As UNIAN reported, Tom Nichols, a staff writer in the column for noted that US President Donald Trump has finally turned America into an ally of the Russian Federation .

He writes that the US president has stopped hiding his direct support for the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine. And he does this not out of cold calculation of US national needs, but in his own interests – from open admiration for the Russian dictator to outright hostility to the democratically elected president of Ukraine.

It notes that Trump has effectively used his opportunity to waive sanctions against Russia, named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham. The US president explained this by saying that it is currently “in the interests of the United States,” but did not explain in what way. This, and other recent Trump actions in support of Russia, are so obvious that they have provoked a rare moment of bipartisan outrage from both Democrats and Republicans.

He adds that few among the American right-wing elite support these US steps, as such actions have nothing to do with Washington’s national security. Instead, the author calls the US-Russia alliance a “dirty deal” that pursues the goals of the American president.

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