“Several US President Donald Trump’s advisers call him to be cautious about the Kremlin’s statements about the desire for peace with Ukraine, noting that his head Vladimir Putin has not yet demonstrated a sincere desire to stop fighting.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Wall Street Journal with reference to informed interlocutors, “European Truth”
Details: According to the sources of the newspaper, this group includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a special US representative in Ukraine Kit Kellogg.
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They are advised to be more careful in negotiating with Putin and to take a harsh position on Moscow’s requirements for territorial concessions from Kiev.
However, Trump is currently more inclined to the opinion of another US Special Representative – Steve Vitcoff, who believes that Putin “seeks peace”, after two meetings with him in Moscow, according to officials.
According to the newspaper, even those Trump advisers who are more rigid against Moscow support his intention to stop the war. However, Russia’s rocket strike on Sumy on April 13, which took away the lives of 35 people and wounded another hundred, only increased the differences in the Trump team.
The interlocutors claim that when discussing the White House as to whether the US should strengthen sanctions against Russia to force it to negotiate, Rubio and Kelloga advised Trump to be more careful about Putin’s diplomatic intentions.
In the context of Witcoff, it should be noted that in recent weeks, he made resonant statements on the occupied territories of Ukraine and that they are the “main issue” in the context of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian war.
In particular, in his resonant interview, Tair Carlson Witkoff said that “the biggest problem in this conflict is the so -called four regions.” In his opinion, it refers to: “Donbas, Crimea, Lugansk and two others.”
Following such statements, Reuters wrote that the individual actions and statements of the US Presidential Messenger concerning the settlement of a Russian full -scale invasion of Ukraine were criticized in the White House and among Republicans.
On April 11, Vitcoff had a meeting with the ruler of Putin in St. Petersburg, which discussed the potential way to settle in Ukraine. According to the propaganda media of the Russian Federation, the conversation lasted 4.5 hours.
Commenting on this visit, Witcoff said he had discussed with Putin steps that “can put an end to the war in Ukraine.” Also, he said, the key to the general agreement rotates around “five territories”.
“This peace agreement applies to these so -called five territories, but it is much more,” he said.