Newly elected US President Donald Trump plans to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table in the first days of his return to the White House.
The whole world is constantly wondering what Donald Trump will do to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly said he could stop the war in one day.
Early days
Trump’s spokesman said after announcing his election victory that he could now negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. He later said: “On day one, this includes bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table to end this war.”
In addition, as noted in the AP, Donald Trump’s list for the first days as US President also includes the beginning of mass deportations of migrants; reversing the education policies of the Biden administration; reorganizing the federal government by firing thousands of federal employees who Trump believes are secretly working against him; pardon for those who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Sad to expect
Kyiv believes that the next four to five months will be decisive in determining the positions of Russia and Ukraine in possible negotiations, Reuters wrote, citing a senior Ukrainian official.
According to the agency’s spokesperson, the coming winter will be a “critical moment.” “I hope the war is over. We are now determining the starting position of both sides in the negotiations,” the source told Reuters.
He added that after Trump’s victory, Ukraine’s acceptance of an invitation to NATO became “more likely.” Kyiv also recognizes the risk that Trump will reduce military aid to Ukraine.
The mood in Ukraine is “quite dark,” a senior diplomatic source told Reuters in Kyiv. “You can see the growing frustration with Zelensky’s recent statements,” he said.
Ukrainian officials are waiting to see who Trump appoints to top security and defense positions to see how he will shape policy toward Kyiv.
Freezing = problems
The adviser to the head of the Office of the President, Mikhail Podolyak, is confident that without Ukraine, no peace agreements will be implemented.
“Probably anything can be done on the head of Ukraine. Zelensky’s subjectivity, in my opinion, is now very high: he participates in all consultations. Everything related to Ukraine has certainly not been -discussed without him,” stressed Podolyak.
According to him, “the goals with which Russia started a full-scale invasion have not been realized and it will not stop.”
“The freeze of the war for Russia will be only an operational pause, when it will be possible to continue mobilization, increase military production, and restore resources. And spend a large amount of money on producing information in Europe to destroy the coalition to support Ukraine, to convince the population to “focus on their own affairs.” I do not quite understand why this scenario is called the “end of war scenario.” It is a scenario for the surrender of Ukraine! And in a gentleman society, somehow it is not worthy to offer a comrade, who fought for three years, to lose the war in the conditions in which it began,” stressed the adviser to the leader of the OP.
Source: korrespondent
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