During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly suggested that if elected, he would resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine. Critics, including so-called fact-checkers, suggested that was impossible or would require unthinkable concessions from Kiev.
Despite the negative opinions of so-called experts, it appears that Mr. Trump may be able to fulfill this important campaign promise after all. President Putin's economy
Apparently “Overheating,” said Reporters said Thursday he was “ready to meet” [Trump] “If he wants it,” he said, adding that he was willing to compromise at the negotiating table.
In September, after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President Trump told reporters, “Both countries have remained consistent in their desire to see an end to the situation and a fair agreement.'' I think it will be fair. I think it will happen in 2019. I think it will happen at the right time. ”
“This is a war that should never have happened. It never should have happened and it never should have happened. It's a shame.”
said Mr. Trump. “We will solve it. It's a very complex puzzle, a very complex puzzle, but we will solve it, and people will [will] move on with their lives. Too many people died. ”
Reuters
shown In late November, around the time President Joe Biden approved Ukraine's use of U.S.-made long-range missile systems against Russian targets, President Putin said he was eager to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine with President Trump. Since the beginning of his invasion, the strength has made significant advances in Ukraine at an unprecedented pace.
“Too many lives are being wasted needlessly.”
Five current and former Russian officials “familiar with Kremlin thinking” specifically told Reuters that Putin was open to freezing the conflict along the front lines. The three insiders, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was room for negotiation over what to do with the eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, where occupying Russian forces mostly control the country, and that the Russian government could move away from its territorial strongholds. indicated that it would consider withdrawing from the Kharkov and Mykolaiv region.
Following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime by a U.S.-designated terrorist organization and Turkish-backed Islamic extremists, President Trump noticed In a truth social post on December 8th,
Assad is gone. He fled the country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was no longer interested in protecting him. There is no reason for Russia to be there in the first place. They lost all interest in Syria because of Ukraine. With nearly 600,000 Russian soldiers wounded or killed in Ukraine, this war should never have started and could have lasted forever. Russia and Iran are currently in a weakened state, partly due to Ukraine and the economic recession, and partly because of Israel and its military successes. Similarly, Zelenskiy and Ukraine want to strike a deal and stop the madness. They lost a whopping 400,000 soldiers and even more civilians. There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives have been needlessly wasted, too many families have been destroyed, and if this situation continues, it could lead to something bigger and worse. I know Vladimir well. It's time for him to act. China will help. The world is waiting!
“If at some point we have a meeting with the newly elected president, Mr. Trump, there will be a lot to talk about,” Putin said Thursday at a news conference that lasted more than four hours.
“Politics is the art of compromise, and we have always said that we are ready for both negotiation and compromise,” Putin said. “The other side just refuses to negotiate, both literally and figuratively. And we're always ready to do that. The result of negotiations is always a compromise.”
President Putin used to proposed In October, he said Russia was willing to make “reasonable compromises” but stressed that “the outcome should be in Russia's favor.”
“At the end of the day, we basically reached an agreement in Istanbul at the end of 2022. And I repeat for the 100th time, the Ukrainian side initialed this document. So they agreed in principle, but then for some reason ”, Putin continued in his remarks on Thursday. “The reason is clear.”
new york times
reported In June, it was announced that documents from negotiations held in Turkey from February to April 2022 showed that negotiators achieved several results. draft The treaty clearly guaranteed Ukraine's security while fulfilling many of Putin's demands.
'Mr. Johnson with a nice haircut comes in and says we need to fight to the last Ukrainian. ”
Russia initially wanted Ukraine to recognize Crimea as part of Russia, but by April 15, both countries reportedly agreed that Ukraine would officially recognize Crimea, although it would remain under Russian occupation. They reportedly agreed to exclude Crimea from the treaty so that no territory would be ceded.
Negotiators also appear to have agreed that Ukraine should declare itself permanently neutral and abandon its membership in NATO, but leave open the possibility of joining the European Union. However, opinions differed over proposed limits on the range of Ukraine's missiles and the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from its territory. There was a similar backlash against Russia's demands to lift restrictions on the use of the Russian language in Ukraine.
Although there appeared to be some agreement on many points in the draft, or at least on possible compromises, the Times noted that the Russians had effectively killed the negotiations with harmful clauses.
The newspaper reported that Ukrainian negotiators in Istanbul proposed a requirement that the guarantors – the US, UK, France, China and Russia – must defend Ukraine in the event of a subsequent armed attack. Ta. However, Russia is said to have pushed for a subsequent draft to give all guarantor states a veto, meaning it could potentially prevent Russia from invading and intervening militarily on Ukraine's behalf. I am doing it.
A member of the Ukrainian negotiating team suggested that “we had no interest in continuing negotiations'' following the change.
Putin instead suggested in remarks this week that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was responsible for canceling the talks.
“Mr. Johnson with the nice haircut came and said we need to fight to the last Ukrainian. That's why they're fighting. Soon there will be no Ukrainians left who want to fight,” Putin said. said. “In my opinion, very soon no one will want to fight. And we are ready.” [to negotiate] However, the other side needs to be prepared for both negotiation and compromise. ”
President Zelensky responded to comments separate from President Putin's press conference, namely to the Russian president's suggestion that he was ready to continue testing the Oleshnik hypersonic missile against Ukrainian targets, calling it an “interesting” test. He seemed more interested in that.
“Even though people are dying, he thinks it's funny.”
I wrote Zelensky. “fool***.”
Zelensky too
proposed He said that bringing Ukraine into NATO, “clear progress on Ukraine's accession to the EU” and providing more arms would help make Russia aware of the need for peace.
Putin's comments about compromise came a day after NATO chief Mark Rutte suggested that Western countries supporting Ukraine would continue to provide arms to Ukraine after a meeting with President Zelensky in Brussels.
reported Politico.
Mr Rutte suggested the aim was to ensure that Ukraine was in the “best possible position to start peace negotiations with Moscow, when we decide to do so at some point.”
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