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Morning opening: Ukraine should be capable to ‘select its future,’ EU says
Jakub Krupa
In an early morning assertion issued after final evening ministerial discussions, the EU insisted “the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine,” because it confused “the inherent right of Ukraine to choose its own destiny.”
“Russia’s battle of aggression in opposition to Ukraine has wider implications for European and worldwide safety.
We share the conviction {that a} diplomatic resolution should shield Ukraine’s and Europe’s very important safety pursuits.”
However regardless of the intentions, the assertion didn’t exhibit the EU’s unity on this level: Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, as soon as once more, refused to again the collective place.
And simply hours after the EU assembly, Hungarian overseas minister Péter Szijjártó was on the cellphone to Moscow talking to Russian deputy prime minister Denis Manturov.
However as we get nearer to the summit – which Donald Trump described final evening as a “feel-out meeting” – many European leaders are prone to be alarmed by the US president’s rhethoric and discuss of “swapping” territories with out Ukraine even current on the desk.
They are going to be hoping that the last-ditch try and persuade Trump of the deserves of their place throughout a scheduled cellphone name on Wednesday will outcome within the US president altering his views going into the talks. Let’s see.
Elsewhere, we can be keeping track of one other day of record-breaking warmth in elements of Europe. In a single day, Spanish firefighters have lastly contained a wildfire close to Madrid, which killed one and prompted the evacuation of just about 200 individuals.
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It’s Tuesday, 12 August 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Dwell.
Good morning.
