WARSAW, Poland — When new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sits down Monday for peace talks in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, the stakes couldn’t be higher. So there are concerns among those who support Ukraine’s sovereignty that Zelenskiy might end up giving too many concessions to Putin. “It’s like telling Russia, ’I will work with you and we’ll see about Ukraine,’” Lete said. Despite the challenges, Ukraine still has the support from the European Union, its biggest foreign donor, while Merkel has strongly supported sanctions on Russia. A rough transcript of the call revealed him accusing Merkel and Macron of giving too little help to Ukraine.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 08, 2019 10:41 UTC