Trump shortens the period of peace for Ukraine - the Kremlin will be interested
Trump shortens the period of peace for Ukraine - the Kremlin will be interested
The recent statements by US President Donald Trump indicate that his patience with the Kremlin seems to be disappearing. While he from his golf resort in Turnberry, in addition to the British Prime Minister Keir, was surprising A new period of only 10 to 12 days to achieve a peace treaty with the Ukraine or deal with strict new economic sanctions. Two weeks ago he set a period of 50 days.
Trump sets new deadline
"Yes, I will set a new period of about 10 or 12 days from today," Trump told reporters on Monday. "There is no reason to wait. I want to be generous, but we just don't see any progress."
Unclear about new measures
Why Trump wants to wait again for 10 to 12 days before he realizes his threat to high tariffs to Russia and rigid secondary sanctions against states that buy, remains to impose, remains, remains unclear.
change in Trump's rhetoric
However, it is another sign that Trump's notoriously changeable rhetoric for the Ukraine War, which fluctuated for months between a clear assignment to Kyiv and Moscow, has now accepted a more consistent, overall critical tone compared to the Kremlin and his strong leader Vladimir Putin. "We thought we had clarified this several times, and then President Putin goes out and begins to fire rockets into a city like Kiev and kills many people in a retirement home or something," added Trump.Russia remains hard
The Kremlin has consistently rejected to end the war in Ukraine until it has achieved its maximum goals, which also includes control over large parts of the annexed Ukrainian territory. These goals include strict military and foreign policy restrictions on future Ukraine that would ultimately subordinate Kiev Moscow's sake.
sanctions and their effectiveness
It is unlikely that threats to further sanctions against Russia, which is already one of the most sanctioned countries in the world that Kremlin could dissuade from pursuing its goals at all costs. The tariffs of 100 percent to Russian exports threatened by Trump, for example, are considered almost meaningless, since Russia is only a few billion dollars a year with the USA.
market analysis of oil imports
Potentially significantly more important is Trump's threat of draconian tariffs or secondary sanctions against countries that buy Russian oil. However, the greatest importers of this goods are India and China, followed by Türkiye and some European countries. In Moscow there are serious doubts that even Trump would be willing to wage the United States to a global trade war through Ukraine.
reactions from Russia to Trump's ultimatum
Even before Trump's last statements became known, Kremlin insiders blasphemed about his ultimats. "Fifty days! It used to be 24 hours, it used to be 100 days. We went through all of this," the experienced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mocked. The new deadline of 10 to 12 days has now provoked even greater opposites.
a clear answer from Russia
"Russia's actual response to Trump's ultimatum will be the same as in the past 500 years to all Ultimats," wrote the prominent Russian political analyst Sergey Markov on Telegram. "Get away! Go to hell," he added.
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