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The Trump administration is increasing the pressure on Ukraine to negotiate a peace agreement that ends with the conflict with Russia as president Donald Trump It becomes increasingly irritated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to the White House.
The National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, admitted Thursday that Trump’s patience with Zelenskyy is running out, and said that Wednesday’s discussions with the special envoy of the United States for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg and Ukrainian officials focused on Help Kiev “understand” war must stop.
“President Trump is obviously very frustrated at this time with President Zelenskyy, the fact that he has not come to the table, who has not been willing to take this opportunity we have offered,” Waltz told journalists on Thursday in a White House Press Report. “I think it will eventually reach that point, and I hope very fast.”
“It is certainly not in the interest of Russia or in the interest of the American people so that this war moves forever and ever,” Waltz said. “Then, a key part of his conversation was to help President Zelenskyy understand that this war must come to an end.”
Vice President JD Vance On Thursday, he also defended the decision of the Trump administration to meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, despite the frustration of Ukraine that he was absent from those meetings. Vance emphasized that communicating with Russia is key to advancing in an agreement, and said he believes that Europe is at the “Peace Cusp” for the first time in three years.
“How are you going to end the war unless you are talking to Russia?” Vance said at the Conservative Political Action Conference near the capital of the Nation. “You have to talk to everyone involved in the fight. If you really want to close the conflict.”
Meanwhile, US officials have also met with Ukrainian officials about a peace agreement, and Kellogg said in an X on Wednesday that the United States is still committed to ending the war and finding ways to establish “sustainable peace.”
The greatest pressure on Ukraine to accept an agreement occurs immediately after several tense days between Trump and Zelenskyy, like each the insults thrown from one place to another towards the other after the meetings between American and Russian officials.
While Zelenskyy accused Trump of perpetuating the Russian “misinformation” on Wednesday, Trump receded and described Zelenskyy as a “dictator” who has failed in his country and suggested that Ukraine start the war. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, and other US officials meet with Russian counterparts in Riad, Saudi Arabia, to advance the conversations that end the Ukraine War. (The Associated Press)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy of the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Waltz met at Riad, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and the Foreign Affairs Advisor of President Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov , to end conflicts.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine did not receive an invitation to the meeting and told reporters on Tuesday in Turkey that “nobody decides anything behind us”, after emphasizing in recent days that kyiv will not agree on a peace negotiation without Ukraine contribution.
Vice President JD Vance said the meeting with Russia was necessary to take the next steps to negotiate a peace agreement. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
Meanwhile, the United States has indicated interest in giving way to some of Russia’s demands for a peace agreement in recent days, and Trump told the BBC on Wednesday that he believes that Russia is the one that has “the letters a bit , because they have taken a lot of territory. ”
As of January, Russia has taken control of approximately 18% of the territory of Ukraine, according to the group of experts based in Washington, The Brookings Institution. Trump Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth On February 12 he said that it was not realistic that Ukraine recovered his borders before the war with Russia, which caused the criticisms that Ukraine is forced to give in concessions.
“Putin is going to pocket this and ask for more,” said Brett Bruen, director of World Participation under former President Barack Obama, Fox News Digital on February 13.
In addition, the United States has suggested that it supports a choice in Ukraine, a key condition for Russia to accept a peace agreement.
Almost a year after Zelenskyy’s five -year mandate was scheduled to finish, Zelenskyy has remained in his position leading kyiv because the bars of the Ukrainian Constitution celebrate elections under martial law. Ukraine has been under martial law since February 2022.
However, Russia was not the only pressure exerted to force Ukraine to celebrate elections, Trump said Tuesday at his Florida Mar-A-Lago farm.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will not agree with a peace agreement unless he participates in the negotiations. (Pier Marco Water/Getty Images)
As a result, Zelenskyy’s hands can be tied and may have no choice but to give in the concessions, according to the former Trump National Security Advisor, KT McFarland.
“If President Zelenskyy is going to move away from this and somehow I will say: ‘I am against any agreement with Russia, I am against any agreement with the United States.’ Actually?” McFarland said Thursday in an interview with “Mornings With Maria” by Fox Business Network.
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“Well, how do you plan to keep this country for sure for the next 20, 30, 40 years?” McFarland said.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and Trump promised in the campaign in 2024 that he would work to end the conflict if he was chosen again.
Morgan Phillips of Fox News contributed to this report.
