Trump: Zelensky does not support the American plan to solve the crisis in Ukraine – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, quoted by Sputnik, Trump said in an interview with reporters at the White House: “Actually, except for the president Zelensky“Many people have welcomed the concept of an agreement.”

“We are very close to reaching an agreement with Russia … and also very close to an agreement with Ukraine,” he added.

He also announced that the US will participate in Saturday’s meeting with representatives of Europe and Ukraine, provided that there is a possibility of success.

Trump emphasized: “If we see that there is a good chance for success, we will go to the European meeting; We don’t want to waste a lot of time.”

Trump clarified that the United States is not a direct party to the war in Ukraine, but arms sales to NATO to support Kiev continue.

“We sell weapons to NATO at full price,” he said. They give most of these weapons to Ukraine, maybe to other countries as well. But we are not participating in the war.”

Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the US special envoy and Trump’s son-in-law in the Kremlin on December 2 to review the US plan.

According to Putin, the American side presented 27 clauses of the plan in the form of four packages and demanded their separate review.

Since February 2022, the Russian army has launched a special military operation in Donbass Started after the annexation of the regions Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia To Russia, it has declared its goal to completely liberate these areas, as well as to disarm Ukraine and guarantee its neutrality.

In contrast, Western countries have imposed severe economic sanctions against Russia and provided billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine.