Great anticipation for the phone call today between Trump and Putin on the war in Ukraine . The focus of the conversation should also be the territories and power plants with the great fear, for the Ukrainians, that the US president could "sell out" the cause of Kiev in exchange for privileged bilateral economic agreements and strategic cooperation with Moscow.

"Many elements of the final agreement have been agreed upon, but much remains to be done," Trump said last night. Peace has never been "closer."

Ukrainian media recall how Kremlin leaders have repeatedly called the Ukrainian provinces of “Novorossiya” “indispensable,” which, in their plan, include not only the four regions currently only partially controlled – Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – but to which should also be added the areas of Mykolaiv, Odessa and even Dnipro . In essence, ending up including the entire south-eastern part of the country.

Pressing Zelensky, who continues to recall how "strengthening the army is a priority".

(Unioneonline/vl)