On Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump said that a meeting between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin was being held, but did not provide any dates for the talks between the two leaders, according to Reuters.
Trump’s return to the White House on January 20. raised hopes that a diplomatic solution could be found to end the 2022 Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine that began in February, but there were also fears in Kyiv that a quick peace deal could cost Ukraine dearly.
Trump’s advisers have put forward proposals to end the war, according to which most of Ukraine would be handed over to Russia in the near future.
“He wants to meet and we’re having a meeting,” Trump said ahead of a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
“President Putin wants to meet. He even said it publicly, and we have to end this war. It’s a bloody mess,” Trump previously said about the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Since the start of the Russian invasion, the United States, under the leadership of President Joe Biden, has allocated more than $175 billion to Ukraine. dollars of aid.
But it is unclear whether aid will continue at this pace once Trump, who has said he wants to end the war quickly, takes office.
Dmitry Peskov / GAVRIIL GRIGOROV / AFP
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier on Thursday that Putin would welcome Trump’s desire to establish contacts, but so far no official requests have been received. First of all, we should wait until D. Trump takes office, said D. Peskov.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Trump could be decisive in resolving the 34-month-long war with Russia.
Source: www.15min.lt
