Trump and Putin in the crisis call: Is there hope for peace?

Trump and Putin in the crisis call: Is there hope for peace?

In the face of the brutally persistent Ukraine War, US President Donald Trump announced that the head of state Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced on Tuesday to talk about possible peace negotiations. This call could be crucial, since Trump assesses the chances of a "deal" as "very good" and says that both sides have already invested a lot of work in the conversations. The focus is on topics such as "Land" and "Kraftwerke", in particular the controversial areas of Donbass and the Crimea, as well as the Saporischschja nuclear power plant, which Russia would like to control, the Krone .

While the conversation parameters are prepared, the fights between Russia and Ukraine continue unabated, and the EU plans a comprehensive aid package for Ukraine worth 20 to 40 billion euros. This is done in an endeavor to strengthen Ukraine in its negotiating position, as EU foreign representative Kaja Kallas emphasized. Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger expressed that Ukraine was ready to make peace and now the ball was at Russia. In addition, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock appealed to Trump not to make any concessions without consultation in order to secure the territorial integrity of Ukraine, according to the Associated press .

Trump, who had already found progress in the negotiations in an earlier phone call with Putin, is confident that concrete results could be achieved again this time. His special envoy Steve Witkoff said that both Trump and Putin are considered a "decision -maker" for their respective country and that he regarded the call as a "positive sign" for the further course of the negotiations. However, the path to a permanent peace remains tense, especially in view of the condition of Russia that Ukraine never becomes a NATO member, while President Selenskyj insists on security guarantees and support from NATO and EU.