Donald Trump puts pressure on Moscow. If the Russian authorities do not quickly reach an agreement with kyiv ” NOW “the Republican assured that he would not have “no other choice” than imposing high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on everything Russia sells to the United States and other countries.
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“It’s time to find a deal”wrote the 47th American president on his network, Truth Social. “I am not trying to harm Russia”he argued, before adding: “I love the Russian people and I have always had a very good relationship with President Putin”. This Tuesday, January 21, the new tenant of the White House had already declared that new sanctions against Russia were «probable». “We will talk very soon with President Putin, and we will see what happens”he continued.
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Donald Trump appointed a special envoy – General Keith Kellogg – to whom he gave 100 days to resolve the conflict, revealed the Wall Street Journal this Wednesday, January 22. This 80-year-old Vietnam veteran published his plan last April: fix the line of contact as a demarcation line, postpone Ukraine’s NATO membership in exchange for American security guarantees and lift gradually sanctions against Russia.
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If the fanciful deadline of 24 hours to resolve the conflict has been exceeded, Donald Trump seems to take its resolution seriously. “Zelensky wants to make a deal. I don’t know if Putin wants that. He should do it. I believe he is destroying Russia,” he said in the Oval Office, a few hours after his inauguration this Monday, January 20. Last July, his campaign manager, Steven Cheung, certified that one of the Republican’s priorities “will be to quickly end the war in Ukraine.”
Poutine “open to dialogue”
However, on the ground, the advantage remains with the Kremlin in recent weeks. Russian forces continue to advance in Donbass, making it less obvious for Vladimir Putin the interest of negotiating. In his message of congratulations to the American president, the Russian head of state nevertheless indicated “be open to dialogue” and search “lasting peace” rather than a “brief truce”.
For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of a potential truce this Wednesday, January 22. Present at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Ukrainian president estimated “that at least 200,000 European troops should be deployed to guarantee the security of Ukraine and avoid a new invasion” si such an agreement with Russia was concluded. The deployment of European forces on Ukrainian soil, however, has been categorically refused by the Russian side in recent weeks.
