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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after his summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.
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Almost three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the conversations to end the war that has led to the loss of tens of thousands of lives will begin, announced the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
The White House leader said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the phone, and that both leaders said they wanted peace. Trump said he instructed US officials to begin the peace conversations immediately.
Preparing his conversation with Putin, Trump said the heads of state had a “long and highly productive phone call” in which they had discussed the war, and pointed out that the Russian president agreed that it was “common sense” to put an end to the conflict that has caused the destruction of the generalized scale in Ukraine and has caused the death of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
“We each talk about the strengths of our respective nations, and the great benefit that one day we will have to work together. But first, as we both agree, we want to stop the millions of deaths that take place in the war with Russia/Ukraine” Trump said in a publication on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Trump said he and Putin agreed to work closely and visit the countries of the other, adding that both men would instruct their respective teams to begin negotiations immediately.
Trump said he later spoke with Zelenskyy, who, he said, also wanted to “make peace.”
“I hope that the results of that meeting are positive. It’s time to stop this ridiculous war, where there has Trump, “Trump said,” Trump said. ” In a separate publication.
The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth (second from the left) and the NATO general secretary, Mark Rutte (center) attend the meeting of the NATO Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the NATO headquarters In Brussels, Belgium, on February 12, 2025.
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Before Trump’s announcement about the negotiations, the United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh Russia in 2014.
“We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must begin by recognizing that returning to the borders prior to 2014 of Ukraine is an unrealistic objective,” Hegseth told officials from around 50 countries allied to Ukraine in Brussels on Wednesday, According to NBC news reports.
“Pursuing this illusory objective will only prolong war and cause more suffering,” he said.
Later, Trump agreed that he was “probably true” that there was no probability that Ukraine joined NATO. He agreed that the probabilities were thin that Ukraine would return to his borders prior to 2014, but said that “part of that land will return” as part of a peace agreement.
Before their large-scale invasion that began on February 24, 2022, the Russian forces had invaded the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and then backed and armed the pro-ruse separatists in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
After almost three years of wholesale war, the Russian forces now occupy about 20% of very fortified territory in the south and east of the country, according to analysts.
Russia ready to ‘work together’
It is likely that the feeling of the global market is driven by the distinctive perspective (although perhaps still distant) that a war that has caused global fractures and instability, interrupting global supply chains, increasing energy prices and would submit it with trusted Of consumers and investors, I could finally end.
Russia strongly sanctioned, whose economy has become on foot of war in recent years, will also enjoy the possibility that you can see the sanctions raised as part of the negotiations. Trump’s intervention also gives Putin a “ramp out of the diplomatic ramp and leaves the war without losing his face. Russia will have to go back in its adversary and hostile posture to the United States, and Putin’s good relations with Trump could also facilitate it a lot.
The mood in Russia seems to be optimistic, with Kremlin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, affirming on Wednesday that Putin had “supported one of the main statements made by the US leader that the time has come for the time for our countries to work Together, “said Peskov, According to the state news agency TASS.
Kirill Dmitriev, Executive Director of the Sovereign Fund of Sovereign Palas of Russia, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, commented on Wednesday that “a single call can change the course of history: today, the leaders of the United States and Russia have possibly opened A door to a future for cooperation, not confrontation. “
Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and Hawk high profile, commented that the conversation between Trump and Putin was important for the world, arriving at a time when he was “staggering at the edge of the apocalypse” due to the hostile relationships between Washington and Moscow in The last years.
Ukraine, meanwhile, is awake to the harsh reality that its greatest ally and benefactor, the United States, could ask the country to pay a high price for peace, which forces it to give up its dream of joining the NATO, and the security of the membership offered by membership, and to potentially admit territory occupied to Russia.
The price of peace?
However, Kyiv officials are putting a brave face for the next conversations.
Yuriy Sak, an advisor to the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, told CNBC on Thursday that Zelenskyy had emphasized his US counterpart, with whom he has had an in paintings, that he had “emphasized that there are certain non -negotiable problems for Ukraine, as our independence, our territorial integrity and our territorial sovereignty. “
“Now we understand very well that certain problems will be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve, for example, the membership of Ukraine in the NATO alliance,” Sak told CNBC Thursday. “At the same time, it is very important that both Pete Hegesh and Donald Trump reiterated that it is important that Ukraine, as part of this negotiation process, receives substantial and solid security guarantees.”
Sak said that Ukraine “would have to be intelligent in these negotiations” to achieve his objectives in the negotiations, which he would be “unprecedented.”
“We have signs that our position is understood by our US partners. We hope that European partners participate considerably in this process. The United States has important leverage that they can use to force Russia to accept the terms of peace and only peace. Now that is our goal, “Sak said.
The European allies of Ukraine seem worried that they can be left aside as peace conversations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine begin, issuing a statement on Wednesday night saying that they would continue to support Kiev “until a peace is reached fair, comprehensive and lasting.
“We hope to discuss the way ahead with our American allies. Our shared goals must be put to Ukraine in a position of force. Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiation. Ukraine must have strong security guarantees.” The statement Of the Weimar+Group, composed of France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the European Commission, he said.
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk echoed that feeling, Publication in x“All we need is peace. A fair peace. Ukraine, Europe and the United States should work on this together. Together.”
