Medvedev: It is Putin who decides to end the war in Ukraine, not Trump

According to RCO News Agency, “Dmitry Medvedev”, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, in response to the recent statements of the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives about the end of the war in Ukraine if “Donald Trump” returns to the presidency, on determining the positions of “Vladimir Putin” in He stressed the end of this war.

“Mike Johnson,” the speaker of the US House of Representatives, claimed in an interview recently: “If Donald Trump wins the next presidential election, there will be no need to continue giving money from American taxpayers to Kiev because he will end the war in Ukraine.” “

In an interview with Punchbowl News website, Johnson claimed: “If Trump wins the presidential election, I believe that he will be able to practically end this war. I really believe so. “I think he will call (Russian President) Vladimir Putin and tell him that enough is enough.”

Medvedev, the former Prime Minister and President of Russia, in a post in response to the claim that he published on the “X” social network, emphasized the decisive role of Vladimir Putin’s positions and statements for the end of the war in Ukraine.

He wrote in this post, what if even Trump wins the election and Putin says it is not yet time to end the war? What if he says that Ukraine should surrender and not join NATO?

Previously, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, claimed several times during the 2024 presidential election campaign that the war between Ukraine and Russia would not have happened if he still remained the president of the United States, and his intention is that if he wins the presidential election The November Republic should end this war within 24 hours even before the start of the presidential term.

Although Trump did not provide more details about any peace plan he proposed for Ukraine, J.D. Vance, his vice presidential candidate, made some explanations.

In an interview last month, Vance outlined a plan in which the current line of contact would become a demilitarized zone “heavily fortified to prevent Russia from striking again,” and Ukraine would remain an independent country subject to Russia’s neutrality. And not joining NATO will give guarantees and commitments.

He claimed that Russia is afraid of Trump.

In a speech in June, Putin outlined Moscow’s conditions for agreeing to a cease-fire in Ukraine and emphasized that Kiev must formally renounce NATO membership and cede four regions that voted to join Russia in a referendum in 2023.

Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s ambassador to America, also said: “Ukraine must be neutral, non-committal and free of nuclear weapons for a practical peace agreement, agree to its disarmament and de-Nazification, and give full rights to Russian-speaking citizens.” guarantee itself and also the West should lift its sanctions against Russia.

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