According to the US President, “the declaration issued today by Zelensky will only extend the ‘extermination field'”. Zelensky “boasts on the first page of the Wall Street Journal that Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea. There is nothing to talk about. ‘ This statement is very harmful to peace negotiations With Russia, since Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and it is not even a point of discussion. Nobody asks Zelensky to recognize Crimea as a Russian territory, but if he wants it, why have they not fought to get it eleven years ago, when he was delivered to Russia without shooting a blow? The area has also houses, for many years before the ‘Obama delivery’, important Russian underwater bases “.
Trump wants to emphasize that he does not have “nothing to do with Russia”, but that he has “a lot to do with the desire to save, on average, five thousand Russian and Ukrainian soldiers per week, who die without reason”. “The declaration issued today by Zelensky – concluded the president – will do nothing but prolong the ‘extermination camp’, and nobody wants it! We are very close to an agreement, but the ‘man without cards to play’ should finally do it. I can’t wait to help Ukrainian and Russia to get out of this total chaos, which would never have started if you were president!”.
The Crimea case
In a critical phase of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Trump said that the situation at the front is bad for Kiev. Defined Zelensky’s position regarding the Crimea “Without cards to play” and underlined the willingness of the United States to recognize the peninsula as part of Russia in an attempt to reach a ceasefire. The offer also includes territorial concessions in favor of Russia, a theme that creates divisions both within Ukraine and among the European allies.
Zelensky firmly reiterated that Crimea is Ukrainian territory and said: “It is not possible to discuss it because this violates our Constitution”. The position of the Ukrainian President places Kiev in direct contrast with the States Unitedwhich propose the recognition of Russian sovereignty on Crimea as a central element of a possible peace agreement. Meanwhile, exponents of the American government, including vice -president JD Vance, have expressed the possibility of abandoning negotiations if concrete short -term solutions are not found.
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The proposal for Crimea is only part of an overall plan that also includes the renunciation of Ukraine to NATO, economic guarantees for the reconstruction and management of some strategic areas. Despite these concessions, Kiev continues to consider the renunciation of portions of the territory unacceptable to fundamental for his political and national future.
Missed meetings and European tensions
An international summit foreseen in London to discuss the conflict has been reduced due to the absence at the last minute of the American secretary of state Marco Rubio. This situation highlights the differences between Western allies and the United States on how to resolve the conflict. However, the works to obtain peace advance, and the meetings in Rome, accompanied by continuous contacts with Russia, could represent a crucial junction in the negotiating process.
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