Donald Trump talked by phone with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelnski. World media write about the possibilities of meeting the US President with the Russian leader.
US President Donald Trump said he was expecting a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin probably in Saudi Arabia. Earlier they talked to each other on the phone, among others about the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine.
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“President Donald Trump said that negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine begin 'immediately' after 'long and very productive' telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” writes the American information station CNN.
Tagesschau: Trump's unexpected conversation with Putin
The German diary Tagesschau estimates that Trump's conversation with Putin was “unexpected”. Referring to a conversation with the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Andrij Jermak, he states that “Zelanski confirmed the position of Ukraine, namely that it is important that this war ends with a fair peace.”
“Jermak confirmed that the American president said that he was” decided to do everything to stop Russia's war with Ukraine, “reads.
Head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andrij Jermakpresident.gov.ua
BBC: The statements of the head of the Pentagon will only satisfy Moscow
BBC points out that Trump agreed with the head of Pentagon Pet HegeSthem that there is no chance to join Ukraine to NATO.
James Waterhouse from the BBC, assessing the moods prevailing in the capital of Ukraine, stated that HegeSetha's speech is a blow to Kiev.
“Although it has long been known that the new US administration was less favorable to Ukraine than its predecessors, every HegeSetha statement will probably only satisfy Moscow,” adds the correspondent.
Le Devoir: Breaking with the support policy of Ukraine
Donald Trump first talked to the Russian leader and then with the Ukrainian president. “This chronology – first Vladimir Putin, then Wołodymyr Zelnski – emphasizes the break in the tone and content with the policy of supporting Ukraine by former president Joe Biden,” says Le Devoir.
The French -speaking newspaper published in Montreal notes that Biden constantly condemned Russia's aggression, “and this is a terminology completely absent in his successor's declarations.”
It was noted that at the same time the heads of diplomacy of Spanish, Germany and France confirmed in Paris that no decision on Ukraine could be taken “without Kiev” and without the participation of Europeans.
Donald TrumpPAP/EPA/ALEXander Drago/Pool
La Repubblica: Trump turning point
In turn, “La Repubblica” estimates that “conversation with Putin and rehabilitating him” is a “turning point for Trump”. He emphasizes that Trump announced a meeting with Putin in Saudi Arabia and warned that “it is impossible to return to the pre -war borders of Ukraine.”
The Italian daily estimates that “it is possible that yesterday will go down in history.” “The paradigm of the world based on common principles we know since the end of World War II and the Cold War is changing,” he assesses.
El Pais: A radical change in the US policy towards the war
“Trump talked with Putin and Zelanski by phone to” immediately “peace negotiations in Ukraine,” reports “El Pais”. The Spanish daily points out that Moscow came out as the first proposal, but Trump suggested that it could have come to Saudi Arabia.
“Two phone calls conducted on Wednesday confirmed a radical change in US policy towards the war in Ukraine,” we read.
El Pais, La Repubblica, Le Devoir, BBC, CNN, Tagesschau
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/ALEXander Drago/Pool