The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, closed herself to the possible transfer of Ukrainian territory to Russia, clearly opposing that Spain and Europe could support it: “Not at all”, “Europe must continue to support Ukraine”, she declared on Monday in an interview with TVE. However, faced with a hypothetical international supervision of these Ukrainian lands after a ceasefire, Roble does not take a position on the issue, leaving the door open to this possibility and to the participation of Spanish soldiers in this deployment: “The first thing is that the peace agreement is concluded,” he said.
The minister claimed Spain’s role “at the head” of the defense of international law in Ukraine “even if some want to deny it”, she added. Supporting Ukraine “is supporting a community of values and democracy, fundamental principles of international law,” he defended.
These statements come after the meeting between American President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, at the American tycoon’s residence in Mar-a-Lago, from which few clear conclusions emerged. “We’re in the final stages of negotiations. We’ll see. Otherwise, this is going to last a very, very long time. Millions more people are going to die and no one wants that,” said Trump, who was optimistic about an end to the conflict, although he cautioned: “I don’t have a time frame, I want to end the war.”
While Vladimir Putin demands that Ukraine abandon the areas north of Donetsk that the Russian army has not yet managed to occupy, Volodymyr Zelensky’s alternative proposal proposes the creation of a demilitarized zone, with the withdrawal of both sides from the current front line. This initiative could be the subject of a referendum in Ukraine, provided that Moscow first accepts a ceasefire of between 60 and 90 days.
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