Donald Trump accelerate. As promised during the election campaign, the American president intends to put an end to the various international conflicts. If in the Middle East has provided a significant contribution, it is ready to make a difference in Ukraine. After rumors, rumors and press releases to probe the ground, the Tycoon has decided to change step. There Call to Vladimir Putin It arrived after a 24 -hour crescendo that saw an abrupt accelerated in the contacts between Russia and the USA, surprising both Ukraine and the European Union.
According to what has been known, Trump and Putin spoke for a long time – ninety minutes according to the Kremlin – and both confirmed the need to “start immediately negotiations“On Ukraine, as the American president announced, saying” firmly convinced that they will be successful “. Opinion also married by the Tsar, which has opened to the possibility of finding a “long -term solution” to war. But that’s not all.
After lowering the handset with Putin, Trump contacted the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. The dialogue lasted an hour according to a number one councilor of Kiev and the conversation “it went very well”. In a post on “his” Truth, The Donald explained that “Zelensky, like President Putin, also wants to make peace”. The former comedian also spoke: “Nobody – Zelensky replied – wishes peace more than Ukraine. Together with the United States, we are tracing our next steps to stop Russian aggression and guarantee lasting and reliable peace. As President Trump said, let’s do it. “
In his speech, Trump kept highlighting that he and Putin have “agreed to work together, very closely, even visiting their respective nations”. It is no coincidence that the Russian president made it known to have invited the American colleague to Moscow for a comparison. The goal is Start the negotiations without delay. Based on the first information available, the American team will be part of the secretary of state Marco Rubio, the director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, the national security councilor Michael Waltz and the ambassador and special correspondent Steve Witkoff.
The latter has been talked about a lot in the last few days. Washington’s envoy for the Middle East, Witkoff He was the protagonist of Mark Fogel’s liberation, the American teacher held since 2021 in Russia. In exchange for his release, the American authorities have announced the liberation of the Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, arrested in Greece and extradited to the USA in 2022 with heavy charges of money laundering. Furthermore, according to Fox News, Witkoff would have had a face to face of over three hours with Putin. According to what was made known by the Russian presidency office, Putin “supported one of the main theses of the Head of the American State, according to which the time has come for our countries to work together”. And in the course of the conversation, in addition to Ukraine, “the themes of the solution of the Middle Eastern crisis, the Iranian nuclear program and the Russian-American bilateral relations in the economic sphere were also touched.
Trump refused to say if he spoke with Putin of Fogel but suggested that the release of the American could help consolidate a peace agreement on Ukraine, saying: “We were treated very well by Russia, in reality. I hope it is the beginning of a relationship in which we can end that war. ” The Kremlin was more cautious, but he also noticed that the agreement could help strengthen mutual trust.
That’s not all. As reported by ANSA, the American defense secretary Pete Hegseth intervened in Brussels has emphasized the intentions of the United States in relation to Ukraine: Kiev must give up entering the NATO And to regain the territories in their possession until 2014. Furthermore, Washington has no intention of participating in any Peacekeeping force after one ceases. Instead, the hypothesis put on the table by Zelensky of an exchange of territories with Moscow was rejected, proposing to return the small portion of the Russian region of Kursk occupied by the Ukrainian troops with parts of the Ukrainian provinces conquered by the Russians. “This is impossible, Russia has never discussed and will never discuss to exchange its territory,” the spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
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