looks like europe and zelensky are rejecting trump's peace talks proposal.  > theres no point pushing zelensky to talk when putin doesnt want to talk, kallas told the ft. we cant talk about peacekeepers when theres no peace. and why is there no peace? because russia does not want peace. > trump has vowed to suspend us military aid to ukraine and push kyiv into ceasefire negotiations, pledges that have forced eu capitals to reckon with how they could sustain support to the country, and assess whether its even possible without washingtons backing.  > speaking ahead of that meeting, rutte said talk of a peace deal only helped putin. if we now start to discuss amongst ourselves what a peace deal could look like, we make it so easy for the russians, rutte said. > i think we would be very wise to put some lid on this and focus on the business at hand...to make sure that ukraine has what it needs to prevent putin from winning. > eu leaders are set to agree a statement on thursday vowing to support ukraine for as long as it takes and as intensely as needed. russia must not prevail, according to a draft agreed by their negotiators seen by the ft. i think they're delusional in thinking that europe alone can sustain ukraine to win the war or even get russia to the negotiation table to make huge concessions.  zelensky is behaving like a gambling addict who believes if he just plays for a bit more longer that he'll win the jackpot, but the longer he plays the more he loses.  if this is the way they're going the best thing for trump to do is to say "at least i tried" and leave them to their fate.
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