Putin: Ukraine crisis would have been avoidable under Trump

Putin: Ukraine crisis would have been avoidable under Trump

The Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that “the crisis in Ukraine” could have been avoided if Donald Trump had been in power at that time. He said to be ready to talk to the new US president about the conflict.

Trump and the Ukraine crisis

Trump has long claimed that the war in Ukraine would not take place under his leadership. But on Friday it was the first time that Putin also expressed this view-and at the same time Trump's unoccupied claim repeated that the US elections were "stolen" in 2020. “I cannot help but (Trump) that if his victory had not been stolen, the crisis in Ukraine, which was created in 2022, would not have existed,” said Putin in an interview with a Russian television station, obviously related to the large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

Trump's alleged plan for peace

In the past, Trump said that he could end the end in Ukraine in one day, but provided his special sent for Ukraine and Russia, Kellogg, 100 days to solution of the problem.

willingness to talk on both sides

The new administration has so far not submitted a specific plan to reach peace in Ukraine. However, Trump said this week that Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj told him that he wanted to complete a deal and that Putin should also be interested in a solution. "I think Russia should want a deal. Maybe you want a deal. What I hear, Putin would like to meet me. We'll meet as soon as possible. I would meet immediately. Every day we do not meet, soldiers are killed on the battlefield," Trump said on Thursday before journalists.

Putin's reaction and negotiations

Putin seemed ready to meet Trump and said that Russia was “always open to it”. "As far as the negotiations are concerned-we always said, and I would like to emphasize again that we are ready for negotiations on the Ukraine question," said the Russian president in the interview. The day before, the Kremlin had said that he was waiting for “signals” from Washington.

Trump and the threat of new sanctions

Putin's statement came a day after Trump threatened new sanctions against Moscow in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. However, Putin questioned this warning on Friday and explained that such a step in the American economy would harm. "He is not only a clever person, but also a pragmatic person, and I can hardly imagine that decisions are made that harm the American economy itself," says Putin.