“I’m a little disappointed that President Zelensky hasn’t read the proposal yet.” This is what US President Donald Trump said this Sunday upon his arrival at the Kennedy Center for an awards ceremony. “That was a few hours ago,” Trump said: “His people love it, but he doesn’t. Russia agrees with that. Russia, I guess, would prefer to keep the whole country. But I think Russia agrees with that. However, I’m not sure Zelensky agrees with that. His people love it. But he hasn’t read it.”
The plan establishes the transfer of Donbass to Russia, a military limit of 600,000 troops for the Ukrainian army and neutrality – not to enter NATO – while Moscow says that, if rejected, it will take control of the battlefield.
On the other hand, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed a positive reception towards Trump’s foreign policy and national security strategy: “The current government is radically different from previous ones and, of course, President Trump is now strong in terms of internal political positions, which gives him the opportunity to adjust the concept according to his vision.” » The adjustments to the American strategy “completely correspond to our approach,” said the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, reports Efe: “Perhaps we can hope that this constitutes at least a modest guarantee that we can constructively continue our joint work to find a peaceful solution in Ukraine. »
“I thought Russia and Ukraine were going to be a little easier, but it’s not easy at all,” Trump admitted on Sunday: “It’s a very tough and very unpleasant war. Last month, 27,000 people died, most of them soldiers.”
Meanwhile, the leaders of France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Ukraine are meeting this Monday in London with the idea of strengthening kyiv against the United States, in the face of a possible negotiation with Russia.
The objective is to establish “a Euro-Ukrainian position” between Macron; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky explained sources at the Elysée on Sunday, reports Efe.
The main crucial issue is the consolidation of Ukraine’s loss of territory, which appears to have been agreed between Washington and Moscow but which kyiv does not fully accept. And the other key question of aid to Ukraine, of which the Europeans are already the main suppliers, particularly in the economic field, is the use that will be made of frozen Russian goods, which are under discussion within the European Union (EU).
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