Summit in Washington showed Putin overestimated his strength – Washington Post

Putin won the time and prevent sanctions against Russian Federation / photo GettyimagesContradictory Summits on the fate of Ukraine brought President Vladimir Putin dramatically opposite results, which indicate that he overestimated his opportunities, trying to persuade the United States to his point of view of conflict. About it writes The Washington Post.

It is noted that despite the possibility of concluding a peace agreement, Putin, who does not want to compromise, and his potentially inappropriate confidence in the military victory over Ukraine risk missing a chance to take advantage of warm relations with President Trump, delaying the war in which it is being killed by thousands.

After the summits, Russia continued to obstruct any measures recommended for promoting the process, which indicates that Putin does not want to move at the same pace as Trump.

According to journalists, Putin won the time and prevented sanctions after Trump convinced Trump to give up pressure to cease fire and instead seek Russia of a comprehensive peace agreement, whose negotiations can last for years, which would allow Russia to continue war without the risk of receiving new sanctions.

However, Trump’s friendly meeting in the White House with Vladimir Zelensky and Europeans, who followed it, showed how dangerous it is for Putin to face decisive European support for Ukraine’s struggle to maintain independence with a strong army.

The summit marked the rollback back to the decade of Putin’s goal to achieve domination of Ukraine and in his efforts to detach the US from Europe.

The meeting in Washington again translated the responsibility for Putin for the next step in the peaceful process and a meeting with Zelensky, disappointed by the nationalist Russian commentators who were convinced that Putin convinced Trump at the Ancorridge summit in Zelensky. Thomas Graham, a researcher of the Council of International Relations said:

“I do not know what they think in the Kremlin. If the goal was to manipulate Trump in Anchorge, then, in my opinion, they didn’t work out very much.”

It is noted that Putin also failed to lure Trump to a broader conversation about the benefits of economic cooperation between Russia and the USA – a map he hoped to use to incline Trump to the admission of Moscow’s point of view for war.

The White House now expects a quick summit between Putin and Zelensky, but Russia sends completely different signals in dynamics that characterizes a picture of misunderstandings in discussions between Washington and Moscow about war.

According to a scientist close to high -ranking Russian diplomats, Putin is unlikely to agree to a future meeting, because it will mean “a certain legitimation of the Ukrainian political regime by Moscow, which will create problems.”

The publication writes that the Russian position is that the meeting can only happen after the terms of the agreement have been developed, which means the surrender of Ukraine for Russia.

The possibility of meeting Zelensky and PutinThe Wall Street Journal wrote earlier that if Putin meets Zelensky, he would face face-to-face with a person who criticized as an illegitimate leader and puppet for 3.5 years.

The material states that the call of US President Donald Trump puts Putin in a difficult situation. If the Russian leader refuses, it can angry Trump, who has already threatened him with new sanctions. However, this meeting can damage his political image among the elite of the Russian Federation and society.

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