The president-elect would also have reminded Vladimir Putin of the extent of the American military presence in Europe, according to the Washington Postwhich indicates that the question of Ukrainian territorial concessions was raised.
Since his victory in the American presidential election, Donald Trump has increased calls concerning the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post having even reported an exchange with Russian President Vladimir Putin two days after the election. According to anonymous sources cited by the daily, the Republican asked the Russian leader not to provoke an escalation in Ukraine. A spokesperson for the US president-elect’s transition team said in a statement to AFP that it would not “commenting on private calls between President Trump and other leaders”.
Shortly afterwards, the German Chancellery indicated that Olaf Scholz had spoken to Donald Trump on Sunday and that they had both said “ready to work together for the return of peace to Europe”. The Kremlin had estimated earlier in the day that the Republican had sent during the campaign “positive signals” regarding the conflict, since he mentioned a possible “peace” and did not show “desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia”.
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According to the Washington PostDonald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Donald Trump said he hoped to have follow-up conversations to discuss “the resolution of the war in Ukraine soon”. This is the first telephone conversation between the two men since Donald Trump won the US presidential election last Tuesday. Donald Trump would also have reminded Vladimir Putin of the extent of the American military presence in Europe.
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Very critical of the billions of dollars released for Ukraine, Donald Trump had already spoken on Wednesday with Volodymyr Zelensky. An exchange in which billionaire Elon Musk participated. The Ukrainian president described this telephone exchange as«excellent» and had “agreed to maintain a close dialogue” with Donald Trump. But according to a highly placed Ukrainian source, the two leaders did not “not really discussed anything substantial, it was a greeting conversation”.
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Foreign policy issues will be on the menu of the meeting between Joe Biden and Donald Trump scheduled in the Oval Office on Wednesday to begin the transfer of power. The United States will spend the remaining six billion dollars dedicated to Ukraine before Donald Trump comes to power, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, warning of the risks linked to stopping the American support for kyiv.
Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, has regularly claimed he can end the war in Ukraine “in one day”without ever detailing how he would go about it. But this could probably involve an agreement that would require kyiv to cede part of its territory to Moscow, a concession impossible to envisage on the Ukrainian side. This question would have been raised during the interview between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to the Washington Post.
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