INTERNATIONAL – The arrival of Donald Trump in power in the United States unties the language of Vladimir Putin. This Friday, January 24, the Russian president assured that he was ready for negotiations with his American counterpart on Ukraine, without giving a concrete date. “I will not go on this, but I can only say that the current president said that he was ready to work together”said Vladimir Putin on state television. “We have always said, and I want to emphasize it again, that we are ready for these negotiations on Ukrainian issues”he added.
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For its part, Ukraine immediately opposed any peace negotiation between the Russian and American presidents, if kyiv and Europe are not involved. Vladimir Putin wants “Negotiate the fate of Europe without Europe. He wants to talk about Ukraine without Ukraine. It will not take place. Putin must himself return to reality, or he will be brought back to reality ”warned the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Andriï Iermak on Telegram.
For the moment, Moscow, kyiv and their allies are watching for the position that the unpredictable Donald Trump will adopt on the Ukrainian conflict, to whom he has repeatedly claimed to want to put an end without ever explaining his intentions.
A conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, discussed for a long time but not yet materialized, is perceived as an important step. For the past week, both the Kremlin and the White House have been wanting to want this dialogue.
Donald Trump’s positions difficult to identify
Earlier, spokesperson for the Russian presidency Dmitri Peskov had claimed to wait “Signals” from Washington on the subject. It has not given any indication as to the calendar or the nature of these signals. President Trump said Thursday that she was ready to meet Vladimir Putin “As soon as possible” even or even ” immediately “. Denouncing “A ridiculous war”he assured that the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was “Ready to negotiate an agreement”.
Donald Trump’s positions are difficult to identify at this stage. His country is Ukraine’s first military support and he criticized this aid several times, but he also recently threatened Moscow with more sanctions for lack of agreement with kyiv.
-Vladimir Putin assured him this Friday that the “Crisis in Ukraine” From 2022, the year of the start of the conflict, could have been avoided if Donald Trump “Had been president, if they had not stolen him the victory in 2020”. He thus resumed his account of the unfounded statements of the American president on alleged electoral fraud in 2020.
In kyiv, the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Andriï Iermak denounced the fact that the Russian president wants “Negotiate the fate of Europe without Europe” et “Talking about Ukraine without Ukraine”. Ukraine also fears to be pushed to the negotiating table in an unfavorable position, because it is struggling on the front, and of being forced to yield its territories occupied by Russia.
Volodymyr Zelensky, long hostile to any negotiation with Moscow, has, in recent times, mentioned this possibility but has accompanied it solid security guarantees from the Westerners. The Kremlin, in substance, asks the surrender of Ukraine, which it renounces to join NATO and that Russia keeps the Ukrainian territories whose annexation it has claimed. Unacceptable conditions for kyiv.
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