What key players want

This can demonstrate a definitive week for the Ukraine war, which were two quick speeches in Paris and Riyadh.

European leaders meet in France in France with the aim of opening negotiations with Vladimir Putin, to end the conflict.

On Tuesday Sergei Lavrov and the Secretary of State for the United States and the Secretary of Marco Rubio will be found in the Saudi capital.

Ukraine is not involved in a set of conferences.

Russia launched a full-scale scale invasion in February 2022 and now controls more than fifths of its territory, especially in the south and east.

BBC correspondents analyze key powers for a living diplomacy for two days.

United Kingdom

Harry Farley, Political Corresponding of London

Sir Keir Starler wants to be a bridge between European leaders and the White Houses of Trump.

The Ukraine is a part of this role that the UK troops to play in Ukraine on the ground.

The government said the conditions of peace agreements to Ukraine. This has changed with new US administrations that 2014 returns were “real”.

Instead, Sir Keir expects more nations in Europe to ensure the introduction of Paris to ensure its strength offerings, and to avoid invading Russia again.

The prime minister in Paris, in Westminster, discussion occurs when the country should spend on defense.

The work ordered that the work will set a “path” to move the defense from 2.3% to 2.5%. Defense sources say that the rise would be a significant increase.

But it’s not a date when they happen, and many argue that it is urgent.

Female

Damien McGuinness, German Berlin Correspondent

German leaders are a sign that Trump approach Ukrainian Just the days before a national election Olaf Scholz Chancellor is located in Paris.

All major aspects have declined American suggestions for a peace agreement in Ukraine or without EU. The right and population politicians are welcome to talk about Putin and want to arm Kyiv. But they won’t get into power.

Therefore, the German government seems to be strong support for Ukrainian in Berlin. This is because the political elite of Berlin recognizes that it is a bad deal – Ukrainian self-suffention – it would be disastrous in Germany.

Century, but XX. With the violation of the century of the century, the voters are concerned about militarization.

Over the past three years, the country has successfully began with Russian energy and defensive expenditure. But that has hit the German economy hard and the subsequent budget rows turned the collapse of the German government.

Therefore, politicians are trying to avoid public discussions about difficult problems, like higher NATO expenses, Ukraine, Ukraine, at least until the election.

Poland

Sarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe Corresponding in Warsaw

Poland has been a key way to Ukrainian since the beginning of Russia’s scale invasion and is a key logistical of military and humanitarian aid in the country.

It is also a loud voice that Russia can not win the war that has been launched. Because European Security is in the game. Therefore, the US seems to be given to the demands of Moscow keys, even before the lectures begin, Polish sees very clearly while Russia is attacking and dangerous.

Russia is spent on Poland in his military, almost 5% of GDP, and the US coincides with the rest of Europe to do the same.

Along the way to Paris talks, the Prime Minister of Donald Tusk was written by X: “Europeans, if we do not fail in defense, avoid the wider war we will be obliged to spend 10 times more.”

Whether Poland troops are sent to Ukraine – to help any fire-enforcement – government officials have made it carefully, for now.

Nordic and Baltic countries

Nick Beake, Europe Corresponding Copenhagen

Denmark will be the only nation at the Monday meeting. European diplomats, however, say that his neighbors will also represent the interests of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, that everyone is particularly weak due to Russia and the attack of any future Putin.

Shootweak created as a result of the second Trump period has already been around Denmark.

Renovated desire to assume Trump Greenland – Danish Autonomous Territory – Promote Danish Pette Frederiks in the Whistle Stop of Pette Frederiks in Europe’s Aliadan to support the last month.

On Monday in Paris, Frederiksen will find a re-called a re-called a transatlantic landscape to respond to the transatlantic landscape.

Frederiksen does not yet follow the steps of committing boots to protect peace in Ukraine.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen Mandia mentioned that it is not promised, but to speak too early.

France

Andrew Harding, Paris Corresponding

The French president of Emmanuel Macron called “peak”, Europe has not coordinated the answer to what comes from the rapid trading of Washington’s more driver and white house with Kremlin. .

“Europeans, we are not coordinated, but it can be a full point in Paris, and is the start of the coordination … Are we ready? A veteran military, Europe commenting on the need to work together to prepare a possible force for peace in Ukraine.

“It is the wind of the Union made throughout Europe, such as Covid has not seen,” said Jean-Noël Barrot’s major French diplomat.

The humor in France – Americans maneuvers always worried from the American. Especially Edgy, a new newspaper holder “Trump-Putin” a new “Trump-Putin axis” warned in Ukraine war.

“We should be in a state of emergency,” the former prime minister of Dominique de Villepin has warned of the latest news, accusing him of the “arrogant” Trump “without a principle of the world or without respect” to try to promise the world. “

Russian

Liza Fokht, BBC in Russia in Paris

Since summer he has noted that Putin finish the negotiations of war to recognize the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russian-occupied Ukraine, raising Russian penalties and refusing Ukraine’s request for NATO.

Most European countries exclude these requests in the category. The US has been very cautious when discussing what Russia should discuss what it should be, however, the White Houses and Pentagons are expected to expect commitments to “both sides”.

Moscow priority is clearly a meeting of Saudi Arabia. Sergey Lavrov said the Russian foreign minister said “First” first “listening” about American proposals.

In Europe, Moscow does not invite any intention to negotiate the table.

It is not the secret that Putin has been specifically seeking conversation with us – the country that accuse the beginning of the Ukraine’s war and is the only power equal to Russia.

Moscow may have statements about being willing to send peace to Ukrainian. For the first time in the week, the discussion is about the potential of Russian, Ukrainian, than concessions.

But whether Russia is ready to commit to any commitment.

USA

BERND DEBUSMANN JR MAR-A-LAGO, FLORIDA reports

Steve Witkoff Secretary of State State and Steve Witkoff in the Middle East is negotiating the public face of the US team in Riyadh. But perhaps the main voice at the table is more than 7,400 miles (11,900km), in Palm Beach, Florida.

Despite the public engagement in Trump in recent days, it is clearly behind the Russian negotiations in the fate of Ukraine.

On Sunday, Trump told the journalists and talks to “moving” to the final developments.

Its short-term goal is to stop fighting in Ukraine. In the long run, it seems to want less American involvement, US sent tens of dollars to Kyiv.

Trump also promoted in exchange for support to access rare minerals in Ukraine, or the US support compensation.

But he has not yet said what the war would be like in Ukraine, placing the bells in Europe.

He also said that Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky expects to be part of “conversation”, but not talks in Riyadh. Rubio said the conferences to Saudi Arabia, “of course” are only the beginning of a longer process that Europe and Ukraine includes.

These notes are likely to provide little comfort for all those who are listening to Trump notes in recent days.

In response to a BBC question on Wednesday, the Secretary of Defense believes that the 2014 border return is not real to Ukrainian, although Ukrainian expects that “” certain “can expect” “certain”. .

So far, the solution is not for the rest of the Leadership of Zelensky and Ukraine.

Mariana Matveichuk, BBC in Kyiv of Ukraine

People in Ukraine feels as sure as returned to his future in February 2022.

Ukrainians want peace – not wake up the sounds of the mermaid and do not lose in the battlefield and first-class cities.

Russia takes almost 25% of the Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian defenses cost tens of thousands of people in the citizens.

In the past the country stressed that the retirement of Russian tremendas in Ukrainian territory is full. Russia was not only in offensive scale, but also in the Crimean maritime peninsula, and also Russia would attach the 2014 and Donetsk and Luhanske regions.

Ukrainians are afraid of the peace agreement in 2014 or in 2015 – the heavy fight was stopped, but cross crosses through the border continue to bring losses.

Without security guarantee, it would also have the opportunity to have a new war wave in a decade.

“Ukrainian Ukraine talks about Ukraine, so we didn’t have results, and we can not recognize agreements about us,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said about the US-Russian Meeting.

Anyone who takes every lecture of peace, regardless of the Ukrainian agency they want in their future.

Many see the previous peace arrangements with Russia to paved the path of the entire scale invasion. Therefore, any Ukrainian fear is that any agreed deal can lead to a third war.