Washington Post: Trump spoke with Putin about Ukraine
The American publication, citing knowledgeable sources, claimed that the President-elect of the United States had a phone call with the President of Russia about Ukraine and requested “an end to the current conflict as soon as possible.”
According to RCO News Agency, during his election campaign, Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, always emphasized his desire to end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours.
According to the statements of European officials such as “Robert Fico”, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Trump’s words have scared the officials of Kiev and the European Union.
On the other hand, many in Europe are worried about “abandoning” Ukraine by Trump. While many of Ukraine’s Western allies had expressed concern before the recent US presidential election that the future of Washington’s military aid to Kiev would be at risk if Donald Trump were to win the election, their concerns seem to be coming true. becomes
Nevertheless, the American publication “Washington Post” quoted an informed source whose identity has not been disclosed, reported on Sunday evening that the President-elect of the United States on Thursday, in a telephone call with “Vladimir Putin”, the President of Russia, referring to the presence The widespread deployment of American forces in Europe has demanded that Russia not escalate tensions in Ukraine.
This publication wrote: “The heads of Russia and America talked about peace in the European continent. Trump has also expressed his desire to continue talks on this issue and to end the war in Ukraine.
Referring to Trump’s election promises, the Washington Post wrote: “The president-elect (of the United States) said that he would quickly end the war in Ukraine. “In his private circles, he has agreed with the idea of giving the captured territories to Russia.”
This publication added: “Trump has mentioned in his call with Putin the possibility of offering captured lands in exchange for peace.”
Since his victory in the US elections, Trump has claimed to have contacted more than 70 leaders around the world. He has also made a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to the Washington Post, Ukraine was informed of Trump’s call with Putin and did not object because “the Ukrainian authorities knew that Trump was looking for a political solution to end the war.”
So far, neither Moscow nor Kyiv have confirmed the Washington Post report.
Prior to this report, the Russian president congratulated Trump on his victory and declared that he was “ready” to talk to the president-elect of the United States.
Recently, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that his country currently sees no reason to discuss the resumption of strategic stability and arms control negotiations with the United States, but is ready to consider the proposals of the president-elect of this country regarding Ukraine.
He stated on Saturday: “Moscow and Washington are exchanging signals about Ukraine through closed channels at the military and political levels. “Russia is ready to listen to the proposals of Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, on the resolution of the war in Ukraine, and there is probably no easy solution in this regard.”
Trump’s son’s warning to Zelensky
In addition to the Washington Post’s alleged report, several hours earlier Donald Jr., the eldest son of the US president-elect, teased the Ukrainian president in a social media post that he may soon lose his “pension”.
Donald Jr. then captioned the post, “Personal Comment: You are 38 days away from losing your pension!”
Trump’s son refers to the amount of time left until his father’s inauguration as the new president of the United States and the start of his second term.
Last Wednesday, the American newspaper “Wall Street Journal” quoted anonymous sources and wrote that Trump’s team is reviewing several roadmaps, according to which Ukraine has given up its ambition to join the NATO alliance “for at least 20 years” and the conflicts Stop fighting along the current front line. At the same time, this newspaper wrote that Washington will continue to supply more weapons to Kiev with the aim of confronting Moscow.
But Zelensky has publicly said that he rejects any territorial concessions to Russia.
According to the Washington Post, Ukraine needs billions of dollars in economic and military aid every month to continue its war, and despite Washington’s aid to Kiev, Russia is advancing widely in the eastern regions of Ukraine.
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