Ukraine Russia Online: Europe fears that Trump is going to back out of negotiations on Ukraine
European and Ukrainian officials are worried about that Trump is going to back out of negotiations on Ukraine, writes the Financial Times.
The British daily reports this, referring to representatives familiar with the interviews.
Trump originally promised that the war in Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia in February 2022, would end within 24 hours. According to FT, his overrunning to Putin and the attempts to pressure on Kiev did not receive support for the design of a 30 -day ceasefire – not to mention the permanent stopping of the fighting.
After negotiations with the US party in recent days, European and Ukrainian officials are convinced that Trump is ready to use any breakthrough this week, although this will not mean a long -term conflict settlement, resources said. On Tuesday, 100 days will pass from Trump’s return to the White House.
Trump « prepares a situation in which he is pretext to leave and leave it in Ukraine and us (Europe) to solve it, » said one European official.
Putin’s unwillingness to approach the key requirements of Washington and Kiev and the complexity of the conflict, according to unnamed officials, forced the US President to review his attitude to reach the peace agreement.
In recent days, the members of the US administration have made it clear that without clear signals that the peace agreement can be achieved, they will stop seeking it.
US diplomacy chief Marco Rubio indicated that this week will be crucial to end the war in Ukraine, and the United States will have to decide whether they will continue their efforts or focus on other priorities.
According to FT, US officials have become concerned that they did not produce any results of negotiations with Russia and therefore began to present ideas for an agreement that would fit into Trump’s plan quickly to end the war.
Despite the fact that Trump praised Zelensky over the weekend and criticized Putin for attacks on Ukrainian cities, the Ukrainian high -ranking representative considers the real possibility that Trump will leave the negotiations.
Russia has hardened its conditions on Monday – Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow considers the « international recognition » of the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and four other Ukrainian areas as a « necessary condition » for any agreement.
« There are serious concerns in Ukraine that Trump could leave negotiations on a ceasefire, » said Oleksandr Merezko, « the worst that can happen in relationships between the US and Ukraine, is when Trump loses any interest in Ukraine, » he added. «
According to the British daily, Kiev began to be silent in silence that in the case of withdrawal, the US will proceed separately by increasing domestic weapons production and intensifying negotiations with European allies on future aid. (TASR)
