Ukraine to accept negotiations immediately, Trump insisted, waiting for a truce and going in person, replied Zelenski
The US President called on the authorities in Kiev to go on Thursday on the direct negotiations proposed by Vladimir Putin in Istanbul. At the same time, he doubted that there would be a deal with a man too busy celebrating a victory in World War II, which would have been impossible without the United States.
Donald Trump wrote this in the profile of his own social network Truth Social.
During the day, Volodimir Zelenski and several Western European leaders announced that before a direct Russian-Ukrainian meeting, they should stop the battles tomorrow.
Document: The statement in Kyiv of France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine
This condition was determined in a joint statement with France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland in Kiev on Saturday, such as Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Mertz, they said thereafter that there was a telephone conversation with Trump and the US supported the initiative. An official confirmation from Washington did not follow.
20 hours after Putin’s extraordinary midnight press conference in Moscow, the US president wrote:
- « The President of Russia Putin does not want a fire termination agreement, but rather wants to have a meeting Thursday in Turkey to negotiate a possible end of the slaughter. At least they will be able to clarify whether a deal is possible and if not, then the European leaders and the US will know where it is, and they can continue to work accordingly. It would not be won (at least) without the United States of America!
The position of the Ukrainian president and European leaders was also supported by a gene. Keith Kelloge, Trump’s Special Messenger to Ukraine: « First, unconditional cessation of fire for 30 days, and while it is flowing – moving to all -encompassing peace negotiations. And not the other way around. »
Putin offered direct unconditional negotiations with Ukraine for an old goal
At about 8pm Tonight Zelenski wrote in Telgram:
- « We expect to end the fire from tomorrow – full and permanently, to ensure the necessary basis for diplomacy. It makes no sense to continue the killings. And I will wait for Putin on Thursday in Turkey. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for reasons why they cannot (to appear). »
A direct meeting Putin-Zelensky looks practically incredible, but if for some reason it happens, it will happen while Trump is nearby. From May 14 to May 16, he is on a tour of the Gulf countries. At 14-15 in Antalya, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be for an informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers.
According to Steve Rosenberg of the BBC, Putin’s position can be briefly described as follows:
- Separation of Europe from the United States
- Peace at my circumstances and without any obstacles
- Stopping fire brings nothing to Russia, especially as it continues step by step to progress
- to introduce to Donald Trump as a leader seeking peace
- Because he is the person who can begin to ease sanctions and Europe will have to follow him.
The Russian conditions today were re-mentioned-the Istanbul framework 2022, in which Moscow insisted on 3 times smaller Ukrainian army, 2.5 times less tanks and 3.6 times less artillery, neutrality foreign troops and weapons in Ukrainian territory.
Castled Ukraine – What exactly wrote in Putin’s « Peace Deal » of 2022.
Last night, Putin also repeated the formula for « Removal the root causes of the conflict », which means non -recognition of the legitimacy of the current management in Kiev and its replacement because they are Nazis. He said several times that negotiations could be reached with the Ukrainians, but Zelenski should not have the word and not sign anything agreed because it would be illegitimate.
