Dojce Vele: Is Putin trying to lure Ukraine in the trap? – The world

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not respond to the proposal of European heads of states and governments and Ukrainian President Volodimira Green that 12. Maja declares a 30-day truce. Instead, he proposed Ukraine that direct negotiations between Kiev and Moscow classes « without preconditions » 15. May in Istanbul.

US President Donald Tramp has published at its social network Truth Social that Ukraine should immediately agree to these conversations, even if they do not include a 30-day ceasefire. Ukrainian president green without much hesitation said Russia will respect the truce starting from 12. May and that 15. May be in Turkey to meet the Kremlin leader by Vladimir Putin. « It doesn’t make sense to procrastinate with killing. And I’ll wait for Putin in Turkey on Thursday. I hope that Russians will not look for the reasons why they can’t do it.

According to the sources of the American newspaper portal Axios, the Ukrainian president will travel to Istanbul, although Russia obviously did not accept the proposal on the interruption of the fire. According to the Ukrainian side, Russian attacks continued 12. May.

Putin accounts for tramp

Putin needed to respond to the Ukrainian proposal on fire breaking, which supported the so-called. « The Coalition of Willing » reminds Volodimir Fesenko, the political policy and director of the Center for Political Studies in Kiev. But Putin’s proposal for talks in Istanbul « is not directed to us or European chiefs of states and governments, but Donald Tramp, because the game for Tramp’s attention began, » Fesenko for DW assessed. For Putin, it is very important to maintain the possibility of negotiations with a tramp in life. That this is not the case, there would be no negotiations on the end of the war. « 

The Ukrainian political note believes that Putin is in a hurry to make the first move so that the game took place according to his rules. That is why he adds, and proposed Istanbul to talk – as an allusion to negotiations in the same city in Turkey 2022, immediately after the beginning of the great invasion, in which Putin actually requested the surrender of Ukraine. « According to Putin’s logic, it should be a reminder that conversations should be conducted under Russian, » Fesenko rates. He believes that Russian President of that offer is Mummy in the Castle, because Kiev at the end of the ends and cannot reject the negotiations and support of the United States.

Ukrainian analysts believe that the government in Kiev must do everything to take advantage of the trap that Putin asked her. « It is necessary to find a format of negotiations, but in such a way that Ukraine cannot be accused of the format of these talks in Istanbul, it is the primary goal of war, regarding the conditions, and to wash their hands from every guilt, » says Dmitro Levus, director of the Ukrainian Center for Social Research « Meridian ».

How will Tramp be set?

Oleksandar Krajev from the Ukrainian Analytical Center « Prizma » believes that Russians in Istanbul will present the same narrative and the same requirements as before. And if European partners and US offers Ukraine’s perspective and support that will allow her to reject all Russian requests, Kiev, in his opinion, will not even have to negotiate Putin’s conditions.

However, if the Kiev’s partners refuse to support, Ukraine will have to negotiate the for the negotiations themselves, in order to achieve and maintain the ceasefire. « If the Russians minive these negotiations, it is quite possible that it will be eligible and otherwise he will be seen as weak. He will too much in the beginning of these negotiations and in the sense of his own image, and even economically, » Krajev estimates, « , evaluated. And if the Russians stop negotiations now, they would be the ones who would have to be under pressure, considered an analyst. After all, as it emphasizes the Crane, Ukraine has publicly demonstrated a much more productive position all the time.