“Putin had no reason to shoot missiles from civil, cities and villages in recent days,” said President Trump on social networks, when he returned to the United States after attending the funeral of pope Francis to the Vatican-where he briefly met the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump also mentioned new sanctions against Russia.
“It makes me think that he may not want to stop the war, that he simply tries to make me walk and that it must be treated differently, with” banking “sanctions or” secondary sanctions “? Too many people die! ”Wrote the American president.
The new doubts expressed by Trump intervene while the president and his main collaborators intensify their efforts to achieve an agreement that would end the war that began in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
These comments contrast with the previous declaration of Mr. Trump, who claimed that the two parties were “very close to an agreement” after the meeting of his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, with Mr. Putin in Moscow on Friday.
-Maintenance between MM. Trump and Zelensky, on the sidelines of the pope’s funeral, was the first face-to-face between the two leaders since their lively dispute during a stormy meeting in the oval office at the end of February. This confrontation led the White House to briefly suspend American military aid and the sharing of information with Ukraine.
A few days after ordered this break, President Trump also announced that he “seriously considered” to impose new sanctions and new customs duties on Russia to encourage Mr. Putin to negotiate seriously. Mr. Trump has not yet implemented, which even some of his faithful Republican allies now ask him to do.
President Zelensky said on social networks that their meeting had been good.
“We discussed a lot of face-to-face. Hoping for results on all points addressed. Protect the life of our fellow citizens. A total and unconditional ceasefire. A lasting and reliable peace that will prevent a new war from bursting, he said on X. A highly symbolic encounter that has the potential to become historic if we reach common results. THANKS.”
President Putin did not attend the pope’s funeral. It is the subject of an arrest warrant launched by the International Criminal Court, which accuses him of war crimes linked to the invasion of Ukraine by Moscow.
