New updates on the Kiev dossier, cards again. The President of the United States Donald Trump said that It does not intend to provide Ukraine long -haul missilescapable of hitting Russian territory in depth. “No, we do not intend to do it,” he said speaking with journalists outside the White House, according to what reported by the CNN.
However, during talks with European allies, the president had not excluded the possibility of authorizing the sending of some offensive weapons to Ukraine, including some requests previously made by the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky but not yet accepted, according to sources mentioned by the American broadcaster. Trump also rejected some journalistic reconstructions that he would have encouraged a Ukrainian attack on Russia. When asked if Zelensky were to hit Moscow, he replied: “No, it shouldn’t hit Moscow”.
The president also reported having given to the Russian president Vladimir Putin A 50 -day deadline to negotiate a peace agreement, adding that, in the absence of an agreement, “severe rates” against Russia could be introduced. These statements follow an article of the Financial Times According to which, in a recent telephone conversation, Trump would have asked Zelensky if it was possible to attack Moscow with US armaments. “At the end of the 50 days, if we don’t have an agreement, it will be a real shame,” said Trump, specifying: “I’m not on anyone’s side. I’m on the side of humanity”. The president concluded by reiterating his goal of ending the conflict, affirming: “I want to interrupt the killings of thousands of people every week”.
From Moscow no reaction for the moment. Putin He has not made public statements about Trump’s recent statements. The Kremlin has made it known that the Russian leader “needs time to analyze what has been said” by the US president. According to sources close to the Kremlin, cited by Reuters, the position of the Russian president on Ukraine remains unchanged: it does not intend to retire, even in the presence of a threat of new penalties by the United States. Three sources with access to the top of power have reported that Putin intends to continue the conflict until the West accepts his condition for a peace agreement. Furthermore, its territorial requests could expand following recent military progress. The Russian Ministry of Defense declared that the armed forces conquered two other villages in the Donetsk region.
According to Russian leadership, the country’s economy and military apparatus are able to support further pressures. “Russia is already facing an unprecedented number of sanctions, but I have no doubt that we will make it,” said the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergej Lavrov. Lavrov expressed himself from China, where he concluded a diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening relationships with two strategic allies. In Pyongyang he met the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who-according to Russian sources-provided military support, including troops used in the Russian Kursk border region. North Korea would also have promised the sending of chopped units to clean up undermined areas. Subsequently, Lavrov met the Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing, where the desire to strengthen mutual support between the two countries has been confirmed.
There China He expressed opposition to the new penalties announced by Trump, who could include 100 percent duties against Russia’s commercial partners, if a peace agreement in Ukrainian within 50 days is not reached. With a commercial exchange of about 240 billion dollars, Beijing represents one of the main buyers of Russian oil, one of the main sources of financing for Russian military commitment. The Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated the opposition of the country to “any illegal unilateral sanction”, claiming that “coercion and pressure do not lead to results”.
Lavrov said he was confident that Russia’s partners will keep their independent political line and will not interrupt relationships. He also excluded that Trump is looking for a defeat of Russia in the Ukrainian conflict, rather attributing the responsibility to exercise “a huge and inappropriate pressure” on Washington to continue to continue the supplies of weapons in Kiev and thus prolong the war.
Also the spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskovhe has avoided direct comments on the recent statements attributed to Trump, specifying that Putin will intervene “if and when it deems it necessary”.
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