Three things Europe wants as leaders prepare to meet Trump

LONDON — Three goals are topping the docket arsenic respective European leaders articulation Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to conscionable U.S. person Donald Trump successful Washington D.C.

Friday's Alaska acme raised concerns successful Europe that Trump mightiness person softened his stance toward imaginable sanctions connected Russia, and is present pushing for a imperishable bid woody successful Ukraine alternatively of an archetypal ceasefire — an attack much aligned with Moscow's position.

EU officials inactive callback Zelenskyy's incendiary quality successful the Oval bureau successful February, erstwhile Trump and Vice President JD Vance criticized the Ukrainian person successful beforehand of TV cameras for not being thankful capable for U.S. enactment passim the war.

This clip around, EU leaders are traveling to the United States connected Monday looking to bring Washington connected the broadside of Ukraine. The European cohort includes heads of authorities that are adjacent to Trump, specified arsenic Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

"The nonsubjective is chiefly to enactment Zelenskyy," a elder EU diplomat, who did not privation to beryllium named owed to the sensitivity of the topic, told CNBC connected Sunday. "The thought is to marque definite [Trump] has the aforesaid objectives arsenic Europe."

The aforesaid diplomat outlined: "Our main objectives are: information guarantees, halt the sidesplitting and spell for a trilateral meeting."

Facing a script that features the extremity of the warfare but nary NATO rank for Kyiv, Ukraine has insisted connected information reassurances that alteration the likelihood of further attacks and invasions of its territory.

According to U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Putin agreed to let Europe and the U.S. to supply specified post-war information guarantees to Ukraine, which could beryllium described arsenic protections akin to Article 5 successful the NATO confederation — a measurement that states that an onslaught against 1 subordinate is an onslaught connected all.

An EU official, who follows these geopolitical topics but did not privation to beryllium named owed to the sensitivity of the issue, told CNBC that "NATO article-5 similar information guarantees for Ukraine are great, but unclear what they volition entail successful practice."

Speaking to CNBC's Europe Early Edition connected Monday, erstwhile U.S. diplomat James Bindenagel said these information guarantees would let Western — but not NATO — forces to beryllium contiguous successful Ukraine, which "would person the quality to combat backmost to immoderate violations of a ceasefire."

Putin has reportedly called for Ukraine's withdrawal from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions successful the eastbound of the state and added that Moscow could frost the beforehand lines successful the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia successful the south.

However, the committedness to extremity the warfare successful speech for territorial concessions is simply a long-standing no-go for Kyiv, with Zelenskyy saying past week that specified a surrender would beryllium a "springboard" for a aboriginal caller Russian offensive.

"As agelong arsenic the bloodshed successful Ukraine continues, Europe volition support diplomatic and, successful particular, economical unit connected Russia," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said successful a Sunday statement.

She added the EU volition "continue to fortify sanctions," and is advancing preparations for a 19th bundle of measures to enactment guardant successful aboriginal September.

The different nonsubjective that Europe wants to conscionable connected Monday is securing White House enactment for a gathering that features Trump and Putin, but besides brings Zelenskyy to the negotiating table.

"These are challenging times; lone Ukraine tin take its ain destiny," von der Leyen said connected Sunday.

Trump has spoken astir a imaginable acme featuring himself, Russian and Ukrainian leadership, but helium has not mentioned that imaginable of specified gathering since the Alaska summit.

---CNBC's Emilia Hardie contributed to this report.