US peacekeeping processes for the end of its war Russia In Ukraine, they have been closed for a week.
US President Donald Trump met 7 days ago with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska and a few days later with his president Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski at the White House, as a first step of mediation in the peace deal to end hostilities.
A few days after these meetings and the future for an agreement seems uncertain. THE Donald Trumpwhile stating that in two weeks of meetings he would know more about whether there will be an agreement, he indirectly urges Ukraine to intensify her aggression towards Moscow, showing the lack of progress in talks.
All this while Russia is hit by areas of Ukraine even after Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Donald Trump.
Only on Monday, 18.08.2025, Donald Trump was very confident that with his mediation the two sides would end the war. A few hours later, on Thursday, he turned to his rhetoric and in his post argued that Ukraine has no hope of winning without attacking Russia, “it is like a team with excellent defense, but it is not allowed to attack. Interesting things are coming, “he wrote.
This change in Donald Trump’s rationale reflects the reduction in optimism for a tet-a-tete meeting of the two leaders of Russia and Ukraine and even more so in achieving peace.
Trump’s dilemmas
Donald Trump has been confronted with reflections and dilemmas for several months, about how willing it is to put pressure on Putin and until he is willing to support Zelenski.
As former National Security Council official Thomas Graham noted, “it is clear that he is not fully aware of the complexity of the issues and tends to adopt what Putin says.”
The diplomatic impasse remains despite Trump’s efforts for a quick deal. The method of the US president is based on personal relationships and improvisation, while on the other hand Vladimir Putin has a more methodical and cold -time approach.
As CNN commented in a report, the delay in negotiations, It lies in Russia’s will to benefit from the war in Ukraine as much as possible.
In the practical part, Donald Trump seems more hesitant as he has not yet approved the mission of large rockets or new US weapon systems to Ukraine, but only encouraged Europe to take on greater weight, especially with the Patriots.
Non -existent sanctions and ambiguity
Regarding the financial sanctions that could exert a lever for Russia to end the war, the US, were confined to imposing duties in India, to buy Russian oil, leaving outside China, which is Russia’s largest energy customer.
Donald Trump’s statements show the ambiguity. On the one hand, he assures that US forces will not step foot on Ukrainian territory, only, maybe supporting European units mainly by air. On the other hand, with public placements, he encourages Kiev to launch attacks inside Russia, despite the fact that before his re -election he had attacked Biden to send ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, a WSJ analysis said.
Alexander Wersboy’s former NATO Deputy Secretary General and analyst, estimates that in his recent statements, Donald Trump is trying to regain negotiating power. Without the necessary military support his words are of limited value. Fiona Hill, a former Russian issues at the White House, stressed that the process has been confused, with Putin exploiting Trump’s ambiguity.
In spite of his grand plans American president to become the bridge between Russia and Ukraine, It seems that the vision of peace in the area will be too late to come as practically the situation remains stagnant.