Trump agreed with Putin – Diepresse.com
A settlement with the Ukrainian President Selenskij is difficult, says US President Trump: « But I think we have an agreement with both. »
US President Donald Trump indicated a possible agreement in the Ukraine War on Wednesday. Russia is ready for an agreement, Trump said to journalists in the White House. « And I think we have an agreement with Russia. » He said to Ukraine, referring to President Wolodymyr Selenskij: « We have to reach an agreement with Selenskij. » This is more difficult than he expected first. « But I think we have an agreement with both. »
Details were initially not known, statements from Kiev and Moscow were not immediately available on Thursday night. Trump’s explanation initially seemed to contradict the latest statements of high-ranking US government agents. A few hours earlier, his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt had said that Trump was frustrated in view of how slowly negotiations will be made. She also said Selenskij seems « to move in the wrong direction ».
Treatment of Crimea
At a Ukraine meeting in London, diplomats spoke of several obstacles, including the status of the Crimea. Ukraine rejected the idea that the Russian annexation of the peninsula could be recognized. Selenskij published a link on Telegram on Wednesday evening on a statement by the US government from 2018, in which Trump spoke out against the annexation of the Black Sea Peninsula through Moscow during his first term as president.
Trump said a question about the Crimea on Wednesday and explained that he had « no favorites » in the Ukraine conflict and only wanted the war to stop. He also left open whether he will see the Ukrainian president at the Pope Fair celebrations in Rome on Saturday. (APA/Reuters)
