Russia and Ukraine will be able to “do large companies” with the United States if they get a peace agreement next week, wrote US President Donald Trump in an article on social networks on April 20.
Trump’s comments arrive shortly after threatening to Take the support of us From the peace process completely if Russia or Ukraine caused negotiations.
“Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will conclude an agreement this week,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“The two will then begin to do great deals with the United States of America, which is prosperous and will make a fortune.”
Trump’s post was published on Easter Sunday, in the midst of what was supposed to be a temporary ceasefire in the Russian war against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 19 said a “Easter,” promising to stop all combat operations until midnight on April 21.
Russia has since raped the truce More than 2,000 times said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine and the United States both called Putin prolong the truce Beyond Easter and impose a full 30-day ceasefire. According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Putin did not give any order.
Zelensky later April 20 proposed a 30 -day ban On long -range missiles and strikes against civil infrastructure, noting that Russia had managed to stop the air attacks against Ukraine in Easter.
Some European leaders have expressed skepticism at the Easter truce in Putin, the Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, calling him “Stroke of media” Designed to appease an increasingly impatient Trump.
Trump’s Ukrainian peace push really concerns business – and Putin knows it
The American and Russian delegations who have just met in Istanbul had clearly indicated that they were there to discuss the normalization of the work of their diplomatic missions, not the war in Ukraine. But such a commitment is a clear corollary for the efforts of the American president Donald Trump to negotiate a
Trump told journalists on April 18 that he was ready to “take a pass” on the negotiation of a peace regulation between Russia and Ukraine.
“If for any reason, one of the two parties makes things very difficult, we will just say:” You are stupid, you are fools, you are horrible people “, and we will just take a pass. But I hope that we will not have to do it,” he said.
Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would be aBandon his negotiation efforts In the coming days, if there was no progress on an agreement.
The comments represent a steep abrupt for the Trump administration, which made the Ukrainian-Russia peace agreement a priority since the inauguration of January 20. Asset I spent the months leading its elections promising to end the war in 24 hours and boasted several times with its ability to conclude an agreement.
Commercial interests have played a key role in the approach of Trump in Ukraine and Russia.
Since Trump took office, Washington has taken steps to normalize relations with Moscow, emphasizing reinforced economic ties. According to a phone call Between Trump and Putin on March 18, the Kremlin said that leaders were interested in developing “Mutually beneficial cooperation” In a number of sectors. The White House later praised the potential of “huge economic transactions” between the two countries.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on April 15 that “Economic partnerships” The United States could encourage Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
The Trump administration also pursues a Deal Minerals With Kyiv, this would give great control in the United States on the income of natural resources of Ukraine – something that Washington claims that it deserves in exchange for military aid Supplied in Kyiv. The United States argues that the agreement would help protect Ukraine from Russian assault, although it does not understand any security guarantee.
“ They strike us with everything ” – no sign of the Easter of Russia Easter, say the Ukrainian soldiers
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a Easter truce from April 19, saying that she “would test Ukraine’s sincerity in the pursuit of peace talks”, but through the front line, Ukrainian soldiers told kyiv independent that they had not yet seen a sign. The “Easter ceasefire” was S …
