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The US and Europe are struggling in the UN -II G7 whether it will blame Russia for its war against Ukraine, because the rapid shift of President Donald Trump on the conflict threatens to separate Western unity.
Trump’s administration and the EU proposed on Monday resolutions of the UN Robbies Resolution and the Security Council and the General Assembly, while the G7 diplomats spent a weekend by interfering whether a joint statement that the rich state would be published to relate to the Russian “aggression” against Ukraine or not.
Officials said that, without a compromise at the last moment, the US would Russia and China to prevent the Western European show of support for Kyiv.
“If (we) we look at messages coming from the United States, then it is clear that the Russian narrative is, there, very strongly represented,” EU’s main diplomat said Kaja Kallas on Monday, when asked if it was believed to have believed that Trump’s The administration acted in Russian interests.
Trump’s incentive for the rapid end of the war, his opening of bilateral peacekeeping negotiations with Russia and his escalated war of words with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have torn three years of united Western condemnation of the Moscow invasion in February 2022 and the brutal war that followed.
In the transition to commemorate the third anniversary of the war, Ukraine and the EU co-authored the UN condemnation that condemns Russian invasionwhich was appointed to vote on Monday afternoon, 193 members of the General Assembly.
Now they have called on to withdraw this resolution, according to two officials who have met the discussions. Instead, Washington proposed its own text, which equates Ukrainian actions with Russian and grieves “the tragic loss of life in the conflict of the Russian Federation-Ukrain”, according to one of the people.
“This (us) formulation is obviously unacceptable for us,” the clerk said. “All this is connected together and part of the wider shift in the position by the US.”
France, aided by European allies, proposed an amendment to the American resolution relating to “Russian invasion of Ukraine” and “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the document seen by The Financial Times.
If this change was not accepted, most European countries would not vote for resolution, officials warned, while admitted that some could separate from the EU position to support the US.
Two officials added that European members would again propose an amendment when the Security Council meets later in the afternoon – but they said that his involvement of Russia and China could veto on Veto on veto.
France and the UK-which are both permanent members of the Council with 15 members-then they could decide between the use of their own vets to block American resolution or restrained and let it pass.
The G7 held a meeting of virtual leaders in Ukraine on Monday.
A person who is familiar with the negotiations said that there was a “agreement in principle” on the “compromise text G7, but that Trump after that he decided that he should be dependent on the UN resolution.
The United States last week refused to agree to the G7 statement, which was related to “Russian aggression” against Ukraine. US Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth repeated this position over the weekend.
“Proud to say that this is a very complicated situation,” he said Fox News Sunday When asked if it was “fair” to say that Russia was attacked by Ukraine.
Kremlin said he “welcomed and supported the” American “remodeling” of his approach to Russia.
“We can really see how Washington is trying to determine what the initial reason for this conflict is, and we hope that this analysis will help with efforts to resolve the conflict,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin Interfax news agency.
The White House is also advocating for a deal with Ukraine to develop its natural resources and critical minerals, claiming that the plan will encourage growth in the country and did not include any forced economic pressure.
Deputy Government Olha Stefanishyna said on Monday that Kyiv and Washington were in the “last phase” of what was intense, one week’s negotiations during which Ukraine tried to make the US side to include future security guarantees.
However, the latest draft proposal of February 24, who watched FT, has not yet included the obligation of future US security assistance for Kiev.
Diplomatic efforts to avoid further public schisms between the USA of his European allies come because French President Emmanuel Macron should meet Trump at the White House on Monday, the first such visit of a European leader since the US President’s election.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should also see Trump on Thursday, and London wants before he previously avoided fighting with the US president. Starmer praised Trump for “changing the global conversation” in Ukraine.
Additional Max Seddon reporting in Berlin and George Parker in London