12:24 – The American vice -president denies any support for Russia
JD Vance, the American vice-president rejected the criticism of the Ukrainian president and deemed “absurd” to accuse Washington of storing on the side of Russia, in an interview with Unherd. According to number two of the US government, Washington continues to condemn Russia “but tries to understand the strategic objectives of the two parties to find a solution.” “This does not mean that you argue the Russian cause morally, or that you support the large-scale invasion, but you must try to understand what their strategic red lines are, in the same way that you should try to understand what Ukrainians try to shoot conflict,” he said.
09:44 – The American emissary claims that Putin wants a “sustainable peace”
Three days after speaking with Vladimir Putin, the emissary of the American president Steve Witkoff said that the master of the Kremlin wanted a “lasting peace” in Ukraine. “We may be about to get something very, very important for the whole world,” said the negotiator in an interview with the conservative chain Fox News on Monday evening. The two men met last Friday in Saint Petersburg, their third meeting since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, for a meeting of more than four hours which turned out to be “convincing”. According to Steve Witkoff, a peace agreement is “emerging” and “commercial opportunities” between the United States and Russia are part of the negotiations and could “bring real stability to the region”.
09:02 – “Ukraine never wanted this war”: Zelensky’s response to Trump
Shortly after Donald Trump’s speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke in video speech and recalled his wish to achieve “sustainable” peace. He also responded to the accusations of his American counterpart saying that “Ukraine never wished this war, not a single second” and that it “still works constructively with its partners, in all formats likely to bring security and restore peace.” When the war ends, the world will clear it clearly: it will happen because Russia, the aggressor, was forced to peace. This same attacker who arrived in Ukrainian territory in 2014, eleven years ago, “added Volodymyr Zelensky. Referring to the annexation of Crimea by Moscow.
08:46 – Where is the agreement between kyiv and Washington on minerals?
Negotiations around the Ukrainian mineral agreement advance, according to an official, in the discussion, interviewed by AFP. The last meeting on this subject dates back to Friday “took place normally, without problem, everyone says he spoke in a constructive way,” said this source under the cover of anonymity. The meeting was however a source of friction between kyiv and Washington according to other comments. The latest version of the agreement criticized by several Ukrainian elected officials was at the heart of the tensions between the two heads of state during a meeting in the United States at the end of February.
08:39 – Skills, assistance requests .. Trump’s reproaches in Zelensky
Donald Trump rose a list of reproaches with regard to his Ukrainian counterpart during his speaking. He openly doubted his skills as a manager: “If Zelensky had been competent, and I do not know if he was … There should never have been war. Biden could have stopped her, and Zelensky could have stopped her, and Putin should never have started,” he completed late Russian president in his list of manager. The American president has also criticized the requests for help repeated by Volodymyr Zelenky since the start of the war: “He is still trying to get missiles”. “Listen, when you start a war, you should know that you can prevail. You are not starting a war against someone twenty times bigger than you, hoping that people give you missiles,” he said.
08:27 – Trump judges Zelensky partly responsible for the war in Ukraine
Donald Trump again designated those he considers the war officials in Ukraine during a speech alongside the president of Salvador, on Monday evening. He first quoted “the corrupt Joe Biden” and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky who did “bad work by allowing the trigger” of the conflict in a message on Truth Social. He then added the name of Vladimir Putin to the list of officials: “Millions of people died because of three people. Let’s say Putin first, the second is Biden, who did not understand what was going on, and Zelensky,” reports the BBC.
