08:13 – “Trump is blackmailing on Ukrainians”
According to the European MP Renew Bernard Guetta, “Trump says a lot”, but it is not certain that the mineral agreement between Ukraine and the United States is going as well as expected, and under the conditions desired by kyiv. According to him, there will be “not only not only to agree on minerals, but there will be no agreement on a cease-fire”. “The whole plan of Trump is for the moment very radically disputed by the Ukrainian president (…) obviously that there is a balance of power that will play in favor of Trump,” he admits. “Trump is blackmailing on Ukrainians”, but Zelensky could answer him: “We will not accept a cease-fire under these conditions,” he said on France Info.
08:08 – Ukraine can “forget” NATO membership
On Wednesday, February 26, Donald Trump said that Ukraine could “forget” NATO membership, a kyiv request to which Russia is opposed. This question “was probably the reason for the start of this whole affair,” said the President of the United States. A shock and hostile declaration to kyiv, less than two days before receiving the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The two men must sign an agreement on Ukrainian minerals and their joint exploitation. However, such an outing could considerably degrade their relations, and perhaps rebound the cards concerning this “framework agreement” as announced by Volodymyr Zelensky.
02/26/25 – 11:08 PM – The calendar of meetings with a view to peace negotiations
The heads of states that are affected in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine regularly exchange. Emmanuel Macron met Donald Trump on Monday February 24 in Washington. It will then be the turn of Keir Starmer on Thursday, then Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. The British Prime Minister will then meet the Ukrainian president on Sunday. Exchanges that show that Europe, although the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union, remains present in negotiations.
02/26/25 – 21:46 – Volodymyr Zelensky claims “security guarantees” for Ukraine
After Donald Trump assured that it was up to Europe to take care of Ukraine’s security, Volodymyr Zelensky insisted that Ukraine obtained “security guarantees” on the part of Westerners for Ukraine. “Peace and security guarantees are the key to preventing Russia from destroying the life of other nations,” he argued during his speech this evening. “It is important for me and for all of us in the world that the help of America does not stop,” he added.
Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to go to Washington on Friday for the signing of an agreement on the exploitation of Ukrainian minerals by the United States.
02/26/25 – 20:54 – Russian strikes give at least 5 dead in eastern Ukraine
Regional authorities have indicated that Russian strikes had killed at least 5 people in the city of Konstiantynivka, in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrinform Ukrainian media also reports on the death of one of his journalists, Tetiana Koulyk, whose house was affected by a drone in the kyiv region.