On Thursday Dimitri Pieskow admitted that the Russian leadership remembers the words Donald Trump about trying to solve the “crisis in Ukraine”, even if he exaggerated the speed at which he could do it.
– If the new American administration is to seek peace and not a continuation of the war, it will be better than the previous one – he said in a conversation with journalists.
Donald Trump's peace plan. Kremlin: He exaggerated a bit
Peskov emphasized that after the end presidential elections in the United States there was no contact between the president Russia Vladimir Putin and the president-elect Donald Trump. As he noted, for now there is no knowledge of further possible contacts between Washington and Moscow. The Kremlin spokesman was also asked whether Putin congratulated Trump on his election victory, to which he replied in the negative. – No, that's not true, he said.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump's advisers have developed various scenarios for a plan to end the war in Ukraine. One prudent option is creating a 1,300-kilometer demilitarized zone and giving 20 percent to the Russians. territory of Ukrainewhich their troops had already occupied. Another assumes denying Ukraine access to NATO for 20 years. In any case, the Republicans do not allow them to guard the peace American troops.
– We can provide training and other support, but the barrel of the gun will be pointed at Europe. We are not sending Americans to keep the peace in Ukraine. And we won't pay for it. Let the Poles do it, GermanyBritish and French – said a representative of Trump's team.
War in Ukraine. How does Trump want to end the conflict?
However, Trump was also presented with another plan. Keith Kellogg and Frederick H. Fleitz – who worked in the White House during the Republican's previous term – propose suspension of arms supplies to Kievuntil Ukraine agrees to peace talks with Russia.– Ukraine can still try to regain lost territories, but it will have to do so in… through diplomatic negotiations – reported “WSJ”.
Trump has declared more than once that will stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. For now, however, it is unclear how exactly he plans to do this. In his public statements, the new US president avoids specifics regarding when and how he intends to negotiate with Vladimir Putin i Volodymyr Zelensky.
– Russians and Ukrainians are dying. I want them to stop dying. And I will do it within 24 hours – he said in May 2023, adding that this will happen after a meeting with the leaders of both countries. During a debate with President Joe Biden, Trump said: – If we had a real president, a president who (…) was respected by Putin… he would never have invaded Ukraine.