Trump loses patience with Ukraine, Russia sees a chance of peace

Trump loses patience with Ukraine, Russia sees a chance of peace

In a meeting of the G20 foreign ministers, which took place in South Africa on Thursday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi explained that a “window for peace” opened in Ukraine. This was done against the background that the Trump administration intensified its efforts to terminate the war in close coordination with Russia.

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Wang Yi met on the edge of the G20 meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. This was the first high -ranking conversation between the two countries, since President Donald Trump changed the American attitude towards the conflict with a clear change of course in favor of Moscow this month. Managers of the Trump administration have had bilateral discussions with Moscow about Ukraine and expressed a flood of criticism of the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj. A high-ranking US official warned on Thursday that the United States will lose patience with Kiev.

The reactions to the war

The meeting of G20 Foreign Minister, in which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not take part, has raised questions about a changing power relationship in a tense geopolitical landscape. Wang explained that China "supports all efforts to peace, including the latest consensus between the United States and Russia". In terms of war, he added that a "window for peace" opened.

A Russian report on the meeting made it clear that the war and relationships of the United States were on Russia that were discussed between Wang and Lavrov. The two sides that reinforced their relationships during the war also praised their growing cooperation.

The roots of the conflict

In terms of Ukraine, both countries seemed to agree that it was necessary to tackle the “causes” of the conflict, which is an indirect allusion to NATO. Russia began almost three years ago with its comprehensive invasion in Ukraine, which killed tens of thousands of people and sold around 10 million people. While Moscow troops are stuck in parts of East and South Ukraine, the attack of severe allegations for war crimes is accompanied.

Although Russia attacked its neighbors, Beijing and Moscow blame for the conflict of NATO expansion-part of their broader joint opposition to the US system of alliances, which they see as a threat to their interests.

The changes in US politics

The striking change of US positioning in the conflict became particularly clear on Thursday when Trump’s national security advisor Michael Waltz described the "frustration" of the US president with Selenskyj after a meeting between the Ukrainian leader and the US special representative for Russia-Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, in Kiev. The tensions between Trump and Selenskyj increase and raise questions about how the interests of Ukraine will be represented in future discussions to terminate the war.

The crack between Trump and Selenskyj

Waltz’s comments fell into a time of increasing criticism by Trump of the Ukrainian president, recruiting Kremlin Rhetoric, who incorrectly attributed Kiev to the war. After a response from Selenskyj, who accused Trump to act in a "disinformation room", Trump exacerbated the dispute on Wednesday and described Selenskyj in a critical contribution on his platform Truth Social as a "dictator without elections".

After discussions with Kellogg, Selenskyj made it clear that he has an interest in maintaining strong relationships with the United States. "The meeting with General Kellogg gives hope, and we need strong agreements with America, agreements that really work," said Selenskyj in his nightly speech to the Ukrainian people.

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Waltz defended the "shuttle diplomacy" approach of Washington, which aims to speak separately with both Russian and Ukrainian representatives. The entire situation illustrates the complex geopolitical dynamics and the challenges that the international community faces in relation to the Ukraine conflict.

reports of CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh and Gul Tuysuz from Kiev, with contributions by Alejandra Jaramillo, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Max Saltman, Victoria Butenko, Rob Picheta and Anna Chernova.