THE Donald Trump He wants to bring Volodimir Zelenski and Vladimir Putin at the same table of talks. Ukraine “Within the next two weeks.”
In a telephone interview given to conservative American radio producer Tod Starns when he asked him if there would be peace in Ukraine, Donald Trump:
“I would say that in the next two weeks we will know, one way or another. Then, we may need to adopt a different approach, “he said in a telephone interview given to conservative radio producer Todd Starns when he asked him if there would be peace.
The US president did not give any more clarifications.
Trump met on August 15th with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and on August 18 with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski in Washington. Immediately afterwards he announced that he was planning a bilateral meeting of the two leaders and a trilateral, with the participation of himself, shortly afterwards. Putin seems to have accepted this meeting, which has been denied so far. But neither the location nor when it will be agreed.
Earlier on Thursday, Zelenski said that “Russia’s signals sending” suggest that he is trying to avoid a bilateral meeting. In his established night speech, he accused the Russian leadership of “trying to avoid the need to meet”, noting that “Moscow’s signals are inappropriate”.
At the same time, he noted that the mass attack that Russia launched last night, using 574 unmanned aircraft and 40 missiles, according to the Ukrainian army, demonstrates the intention of avoiding essential talks.
At the same time, Reuters reports that Putin has set clear demands as a prerequisite for achieving peace. Among them, the allocation of the entire Eastern region of Donbas, the denial of the Ukrainian prospect of NATO and the country’s maintenance of neutrality by excluding any Western military presence.
It is estimated that Moscow would stop businesses on the fronts of Zaporizia and Peninsa as long as Kiev accepted these conditions, while appearing willing to deliver small territories to other areas.
The Ukrainian leadership has categorically ruled out any possible concession of territories internationally recognized as Ukrainians. Zelenski has emphasized that “withdrawal from the East is not an option”, as it concerns the country itself, and reiterates that NATO integration is a strategic target guaranteed in the Constitution.