There will be no immediate peace. Vladimir Putin He did not use too many words in the telephone dialogue that lasted an hour and fifteen minutes with Donald Trump. Moscow’s position was further defined with a series of niet that rained as boulders on negotiations: no respite, no summit with the “terrorist” Volodymyr Zelensky, no credit to Westerners, who would have helped Kiev to attack Russia on his soil. But not only. Yesterday the Tsar also spoke to Pope Leo XIV. The pontiff immediately showed himself available for peace negotiations, reiterating that this must be “right”, therefore not equivalent to a surrender of Ukraine.
“President Putin told me, very firmly, that he will have to respond to Kiev’s recent attacks,” explained Trump, and then admitted: “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace”. Before chatting with the Tycoon, Putin had excluded any type of ease of military pressure on Ukraine, once again rejecting the request for a temporary respite made by Kiev in Istanbul. In the meantime Kiev is working to study in detail the memorandum delivered by Moscow, but in essence the conditions posed by the Russians to get to peace are considered unacceptable. Zelensky defined them as “ultimatum” and accused the Cremlinodi “conduct interviews only to delay new western sanctions”.
But that’s not all. A warning against Europe comes from the United States: Moscow is a danger for the whole West. The alarm was launched yesterday on the occasion of the NATO defense ministers. “The urgency of the moment is undeniable – reports Repubblica – while the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, Moscow is already preparing her next move. The Kremlin is reconstructing its army. The allies of NATO must overcome Russia. We have no other choice. I would like to be clear: the time has come to act. A covenant is needed for the threats of 2025 and beyond, not for the battlefields of yesterday” of the American ambassador Matthew Whitaker.
The same wavelength the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: Moscow can represent a concrete threat to Europe. “We are always prepared for any eventuality. And Vladimir Putin should know that if he tries to attack us, our reaction would be devastating. We will be devastating and very effective even between 3-5-7 years, and this is why we must spend more” his analysis. Rutte reiterated that it will be defended “every centimeter of the NATO territory” and “anyone, whether Putin or someone else, you think it is not so, is wrong and will face the consequences”.
Putin does not want to get to peace in a short time, this is now clear to everyone, even in Trump. The war in Ukraine will go on for several months, but the fear is that the Mire of the Kremlin do not stop at the Kiev territories. According to European intelligence, Moscow would like to put under control a list of territories once belonging to the “great Russia”. Risen on the Baltic: from Lithuania toon, passing through Latvia and Moldova. Hence Washington’s advice to Europe of Quinuplicare the air and land defense systems.
Strictly connected is the speech linked to Defense expenses: Trump clarified once again that he no longer intends to take charge of the weight for European security. Rutte cut short: “At the moment there are no plans for the withdrawal of troops by the United States from Europe but expect that the European and Canadian allies spend much more”. The message of the White House is strong and clear: you have to reach 5 percent of the GDP. Monstre figure for many European countries, but the debate is getting alive.
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