Trump doubts Putin Zellinski’s meeting: “They may have to fight for a little longer.”
President Trump threw doubts about the prospects for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski as part of an attempt to end the war in Eastern Europe, indicating that “they may have to fight for a little longer.”
In an interview with the Daily Claar newspaper, the president expressed his confidence that a triple meeting between him, Putin and Zelinski could be achieved, but had less confidence in the bilateral gathering between Eastern European leaders.
A [trilateral] It will happen. A [bilateral]I don’t know, but it will happen. “As you know, sometimes people are not ready for that,” Trump told White House correspondent Reagan Reese in an interview published on Saturday.
“I say … I am using the measurement. I used it several times. You have a child, and there is another child on a lot, on the field, they hate each other, start swinging, swinging and swinging, and you want to stop, and continue.” “After a short period, they are very happy to stop. Do you understand it? This is almost this. Sometimes they have to fight for little before you can stop.”
“But this has been continuing for a long time. Many people have died.”
Trump, as part of his efforts to end a war for nearly three and a half years, had paid a meeting between Zelinski and Putin. The Ukrainian leader, who also met the president earlier this month, referred to a willingness to sit with the Kremlin leader, but Russian officials have refused this so far.
Currently, Russia appears to be slowly proceeding to the administration’s efforts to mediate a peace agreement to end the fighting. Ukraine rejected the possibility of making major regional concessions to end the war, as US and European officials continued to discuss potential security guarantees after the conflict to prevent another invasion.
Trump was excluded, once again, making the United States forces on the ground as part of a security guarantee, but pointed to openness to providing air support for us to help stop the war, which he put forward earlier this month.
“Maybe we will do something. Look, I would like to see something that is solved. They are not our soldiers, but there, from five to 7000, most of them kill every week.” “If you can stop it and have a plane that flies around the air from time to time, it will be mostly Europeans, but we will help them.”
He added: “They, as you know, need to do so, and we will help them if we can do something.”
After meeting with Putin in Alaska earlier this month, a US official described a great privilege from Russia, allowing the “NATO” wish to be guaranteed to Ukraine as part of a peace deal. The commitment does not seem to be in place as Russia requires effective veto over the form of these security guarantees.
One of the red lines in the Kremlin is the European peacekeepers with Russian officials, indicating that China is one of the security guarantors.
While the peace talks appear on a dead end, the conflict with Russia continued to launch massive air attacks on Ukraine. On Thursday, Moscow struck Kiev with a large missile and the drone attack, killing 23 people and wounding dozens of others.
Hours after that, the Trump administration agreed to sell 3,350 Munition Munition (ERAM) and 3,350 GPS units to Ukraine, part of a $ 825 million ammunition deal to enhance Kiev’s defensive capabilities.
