Trump talks to Putin about the Ukraine war before the third anniversary

Trump talks to Putin about the Ukraine war before the third anniversary

President Donald Trump announced in a recently published interview that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his statements, Trump expressed: "He wants people to stop dying", reported the New York Post .

ambiguities about the course of the conversation

It is currently unclear when exactly the two guides have spoken to each other and whether this has already happened several times since Trump's office in January. CNN asked the National Security Council for clarification. In the interview, Trump mentioned that he would "prefer not to say anything about it" how often he spoke to Putin, but emphasized the "good relationship" with his Russian counterpart.

Hope for a quick end of the Ukraine War

The US President expressed the hope that Putin's war in Ukraine, which approaches the third anniversary, would end "quickly". Trump had previously promised to end the conflict within 24 hours after taking office. "I hope it works quickly. People die every day. This war is so bad in Ukraine. I want to end this damn thing," he told the New York Post.

progress in the peace talks

Trump said at the beginning of this week that the talks to end the war had made "many progress". During the interview that took place, while Trump traveled to Florida on board Air Force One, he instructed his national security advisor Mike Waltz to "get these meetings". "You want to meet. People die every day. Young, attractive soldiers are killed. Young men, like my sons. On both sides. On the entire battlefield," he added.

planned meetings with Zelensky and Putin

On Friday, the President told journalists that he would probably meet Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj in the coming week and indicated that he is also planning to speak to Putin. "I will probably meet President Selenskyj next week and I'll probably talk to President Putin," said Trump.

Visit to the Munich Security Conference

Selenskyj is expected to lead the Ukrainian delegation at the Munich Security Conference, in which Vice President JD Vance and the special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Kellogg, should also take part, while Trump will not be present.

transactional proposals to support Ukraine

At the beginning of this week, Trump said that he would like to secure access to the occurrence of rare earths in Ukraine, in exchange for the continuation of the US aid to the country. "We would like to make a deal with Ukraine, in which they are securing what we give them with their rare earths and other things," said Trump in the Oval Office and complained that Europe does not offer the same level of help as the USA.

reactions of the Kremlin

The Kremlin announced CNN at the beginning of this week that there had been no serious conversations about a possible meeting between Trump and Putin. "You didn't have an initial contact to discuss whether you have to meet or not, and if so, when and how," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN employees Matthew Chance. In view of the growing expectations of contact between the two guides, a high -ranking Russian legislator told state media that "advanced" preparations for a meeting were underway, possibly already this month.