US President Donald Trump said that he was counting on reaching an agreement between Ukraine and Russia this week. He expressed the hope that both countries would do “great interests” with the United States.
Key facts:
- US President Donald Trump once again took the floor about the agreement between Ukraine and Russia, who was unlawfully attacking it. He mentioned to do “great interests”.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously signaled that the US is ready to give up attempts to achieve peace if there are no signals in the near future that it is achievable.
- In the election campaign, Trump promised that if he became president, he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, but later he began to speak less categorically on this subject.
“I hope that Russia and Ukraine will conclude a contract this week. Both countries will then start to do great business with the United States of America, which bloom and earn a fortune,” he wrote Donald Trump In one of the series of entries on your Truth Social portal posted on Easter.
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The president did not explain what he bases this hope on. He warned on Friday that the US would leave the talks if he did not see “enthusiasm” for the end of the conflict after one of the parties, although at the same time he assessed that there was a good chance of achieving a suspension of a weapon.
Trump in the election campaign assured that he only needed a day to end the war of Russia with Ukrainebut after taking the office of the president, he began to speak less categorically on this subject.
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The US has suggested that they could withdraw from the negotiations
On Thursday United States They presented their latest proposal of Russia and Ukraine, suggesting that if not accepted, the US can withdraw from their efforts to end the war.
According to Bloomberg, the US proposal consists in freezing the conflict along the current lines of the front, the exclusion of Ukraine's membership in NATO and sanction of sanctions for Russia. The agency also reported on Saturday that Washington is also considering the official recognition of the annexation of Crimea by Russia.
Vladimir Putin He announced a 30-hour truce for Easter, but Russia broke him almost immediately. She also rejected the Ukrainian proposal to extend the arms suspension for 30 days.
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