American media: Ukraine talks with Trump’s team about stopping the war

According to Isna, this winter, the war in Ukraine will enter its third year, and now, after the victory of President-elect Donald Trump in the November 5th presidential election, all eyes in the world are on Trump’s promises to end the war in Ukraine. Sewn as soon as possible.

“The Wall Street Journal” writes in a report: “Ukrainian officials are holding high-level talks with the new Trump administration in order to put aside their wide-ranging differences on the issue of peace in Ukraine before the inauguration of the US president.”

This newspaper, quoting the transition team of the US president-elect and seven knowledgeable sources, adds: one of the senior aides of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Wednesday with Keith Klug, Trump’s choice as the envoy for Ukraine, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice for The National Security Adviser has visited.

Apparently, Donald Trump’s vice president JD Vance has also joined these talks.

The Wall Street Journal continues, referring to the position of Trump’s team towards Ukraine, and writes: “Kellogg supports the efforts of the current US President Joe Biden’s administration to send weapons to Ukraine and says that this will give Trump leverage with Moscow in negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. but the Trump team has not shown much interest in the proposal of Ukraine’s membership in the NATO alliance; “A measure that Zelensky claims can be a vital security guarantee against future Russian attacks.”

According to people and sources familiar with these conversations, Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s senior deputy and chief of staff, is also in Washington to form a relationship with Trump’s aides. It is said that he also met with Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, on Wednesday.

“Ukraine is ready for peace with Russia, but such a thing requires a lasting peace,” said one of the people familiar with the position of Kiev. “An unstable and temporary peace cannot serve the interests of the United States or Ukraine.”

President Zelensky recently stated that Ukraine will agree to a ceasefire on the condition that his country becomes a member of the NATO military alliance; It is not known whether the president-elect of the United States will agree to this action, but reports indicate that Trump’s team does not have much desire for Ukraine to join NATO.

In the meantime, Reuters News agency quoted some analysts and former American officials and reported: “Russian President Vladimir Putin may not want to interact with Ukraine because he is witnessing the continuation of the consecutive victories of his army soldiers on the battlefield with Ukraine.” And these victories and territorial conquests will probably continue.

“Putin is in no rush,” said Eugene Ramer, a former American intelligence analyst on Russian affairs at the Carnegie Think Tank.

Looking at the developments of the war in Ukraine and according to the media reports of both sides, the Ukrainian army is losing its forces in the east and despite the unexpected attacks on Russia’s “Kursk” and also the many weapons it receives from the west, it is able to maintain its positions. It is not, and Russian forces continue to advance in Donbass (Eastern Ukraine), although with few achievements.

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