Ukrainian negotiations on the eve of collapse; Washington is backward?

According to RCO News Agency, European and Ukrainian officials fear that US President Donald Trump is on the verge of resigning peace talks with Kiev and Moscow, and is likely to use minor progress in the negotiations as “excuses”.

The US president was elected by the promise of ending the war in “4 Hours”, but his efforts to approach Russian President Vladimir Putin and pressure Ukraine’s leadership failed to gain the necessary support for his initial proposal to be a six -day ceasefire, let alone a sustainable peace.

In this regard, four officials, speaking to the Financial Times, said that in recent days, European and Ukrainian officials have been convinced that Trump is ready to make any minor progress in the coming days, even if the progress was a long way. This week is the 100th day of Trump’s presidency.

“Trump is building conditions in which he will create an excuse for himself to give up and leave everything to Ukraine and us (Europe),” said a European official.

“The lack of Putin’s desire to accept the main demands of the US and Ukraine – such as the preservation of the Ukrainian military forces after the war – and the complexity of the conflict have led Trump to revise his commitment to the peace agreement,” they added.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called this week a “fateful” week for negotiations and announced that Washington was reluctant to enter long -term talks.

The Russian president on Monday proposed a three -day ceasefire for the May 5-8 holidays, when Russia celebrated Soviet victory in World War II, but Kiev has now rejected it and called for a six -day ceasefire.

According to a person informed about the negotiations, US officials “worried that in talks with Russia would really return to the empty -handed” and began to put forward ideas for an agreement that could fall within Trump’s quick framework. But Trump’s attempt to end the war with Putin’s resistance to accepting conditions that are less than his demands, such as “Nazi dismay of Ukraine”, has faced a rapid end.

“Some believe that the Russians may be accompanied by Trump’s offer, but the problem is that there is nothing clear and practical to do so,” the official told the Financial Times. “Some elements are really good, but the problem is the insattress of doing it immediately.”

Trump praised his Ukrainian counterpart, Waldimir Zelnsky, who met with him at the Vatican on Saturday at the funeral of Pope Francis. He also criticized Putin and said he had “surprised and desperate” from Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.

But some Ukrainian officials told the Financial Times that they were concerned about the departure of the US president, and one senior official praised the possibility as “very serious”. However, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said the bilateral meeting was “constructive and good”.

Ukrainian officials said they were confused after positive visits after the public dispute between Trump and Zelnski in the elliptical office in February, as the positive feeling was lost after the US parties returned to Washington.

Kiev was initially encouraged by a post from Trump on the Truth Social platform shortly after the Vatican’s visit, in which he threatened Russia with new sanctions to force negotiations. But a day later, Trump’s foreign minister Rubio poured cold water on the idea of ​​imposing more trade sanctions, saying it would prolong the war.

“This week is a very important week to decide whether we want to continue this effort,” Rubio told NBC Network.

However, a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman denied the remarks, saying that Kiev considered them “part of the communication strategy”. “Obviously, the United States, as a mediator, is trying to move the parties (Ukraine and Russia) to reach peace, and we interpret these statements,” he said.

On Monday, Russia reiterated its situation, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Moscow considers the “international identification” of the five Ukrainian areas “a requirement” for any agreement.

According to an official, these developments have led some European capitals to revise their efforts to “keep Trump on the path to negotiations” and instead “do the right thing, not what Trump wants.”

According to the Financial Times, Kiev has begun to prepare for a continuation of the US without America; With the increase in domestic weapons production and the intensification of negotiations with European allies on future aid.

Officials said it is unclear whether the US will stop Ukraine’s intelligence and military support if the White House retreats from diplomatic efforts; As Trump did so temporarily in March.

“There are serious concerns in Ukraine that Trump may withdraw from the ceasefire talks,” the Zelksky Party, a representative of the Zelksky Foreign Relations Committee, told the Financial Times.

“The worst thing that could happen in US -Ukraine relations is to lose his interest in Ukraine,” he said, which he says “may be interpreted by Putin as an indirect green light by the United States to intensify the war.”

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