President Donald Trump has opened the door to negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. It urged peace and fears the hope for peace and fear of Moscow using the opportunity to manipulate the situation in favour of the haunted Kiyikh. Trump on social media said in a 90-minute call that both leaders agreed to the desire to “stop millions of deaths,” and Washington and Moscow “working very closely together.” He writes that he wrote Russia. “Of course, I have expressed my readiness to accept Russian American officials in terms of areas of mutual interest, including the topic of Ukrainian settlement.” Trump’s call, including details of the ceasefire and the possibility of a Saudi Arabia, has been seen as the Kremlin has seen the face of diplomatic isolation and crippled Western/NATO sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. It represents a break from. . Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden revealed the administration’s views on Putin in this context when he described the Russian president as a “murder dictator” and a “pure thug”; He even made a promise during the campaign. With the 2024 presidential election, he was to end the war within “24 hours” of his inauguration.
On the one hand, if Trump’s efforts come to fruition, it will mark a breakthrough in bringing Putin to the negotiation table. . Meanwhile, the terms of negotiations so far suggested by the Trump administration are likely to have Ukrainian President Voldimir Zelensky to accept variable outcomes. This is because US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses will not commit US troops to Ukraine under future security agreements, Ukraine will not be invited to join NATO, and Ukraine’s option to return to its pre-2014 border. is effectively excluded for Russia, which previously annexed Crimea. Certainly, Zelensky would not be wrong to assume that the US promise to maintain NATO’s support for Ukraine “as long as it takes” was clearly betrayed by the Trump administration’s stance on the subject. Given that the White House effectively makes Russian territorial attacks a European issue and Putin is a European issue, this denial could have a profound impact on the security and economy of the EU as well as the U.K. There is. Less threats than undocumented migration and trade deficits.
Published – February 14th, 2025, 12:10am IST
