The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes part in a double -sided meeting with US President Joe Biden (not in the photo) in Paris, France, June 7, 2024.
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Ukraine began a die -hard fight with the invasion introduced by her larger and more powerful neighbor Russia, but it seems that things are terribly bad for her when the third anniversary of the war is approaching.
The relations of Kiev with the United States, the largest supporting military since the beginning of the war in February 24, 2022, quickly fell since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
At the moment, the perspective of greater military assistance in the US looks dead in water, and the probability increases that the “bad” peace agreement may be sent to Ukraine, in which he is forced to grant territory to Russia.
Even the perspective of US support, when it comes to the future peace mission, looks unlikely, thanks to which Ukraine looks isolated and at sea after three long and bloody years of fighting Russia.
“The first talks about the suspension of the USA (this week) about Ukraine did not offer a little reason for optimism for Kiev,” said Andrius Tursa, adviser to Central and Eastern Europe on Thursday.
“Washington signaled the desire to consider several Russian demands that undermined the long-term security of Ukraine, while the double-sided format and thawing the US-Russia bonds are concerned about the arms suspension agreement, which can be very unfavorable for Ukraine. Trump in the face of the criticism of Ukraine President Wolodymyr Zelenskyy is to lead anti -American moods in Ukraine and heating transatlantic tensions -said in sending E -Mail comments.
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Voltage came to mind this week, when American officials restored relations with Russian counterparts, excluding Ukraine from preliminary conversations that impose grounds for peace. At that time, the tight relationship between Trump and Zelenskyy moved from evil to worse on Wednesday, because the latter described the US president as “living in a Russian disinformation bubble.”
Trump hit Describing the leader during the Ukrainian war was a “dictator without elections”, Referring to the lack of democratic vote in Ukraine since 2019, Ukraine claims that it is not possible to conduct elections during martial law and war.
Keith Kellogg, a special American envoy for Ukraine and Russia, continued his visit to Kiev on Thursday, but there were already doubts about the value of the meeting, with Kellogg, absent in high -profile conversations between Russian and American officials in Riyad in Riyad in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, earlier this week . Ukraine said that Kellogg canceled a press conference that was to take place after the meeting.
Relations between the USA, Europe and Ukraine brought an unexpected return last week, and Trump left allies on the continent stunned when he announced that he talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the leaders agreed to talk. Trump said that he informed Zelenskyy about the situation.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin organize a double -sided meeting at the G20 summit leaders in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019.
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Trump and defense secretary Pete HegeSth caused more consternation stating that joining NATO “unrealistic” Ukraine and that she could not expect to recover the occupied Russian territory He lost since 2014, when Russia attacked the Ukrainian Peninsula of the Black Sea of Crimea.
HegeSeth also said that there was no way that American troops would be arranged to help maintain peace in Ukraine as part of any future agreement, because he told European leaders that they would have to accelerate and take responsibility for all peace benefits. Until now, they seemed divided in connection with the proposal to send peace force to Ukraine in any post -war scenario.
Development followers in the war and geopolitical relations between the USA and its former allies were critical of the Washington's approach, claiming that the states Taking the potential lever of Ukrainian NATO membership outside the table.
“Trump lost in advance and from all conversations with Ukraine, which could eventually be part of a more balanced contract,” said Holger Schmieding on Thursday, chief economist at Berenberg Bank.
“Despite everything that is publicly known, Russia has not made any concessions in return. This can only embolden Russia to press on more. In order to add insult to injuries, Trump questioned the Zelensky democratic ID card and blamed Ukraine for not giving up the maximalistic demands of Putin years ago – he said, adding that Trump “seems to support almost all the false Russian narrative about the worst war in Europe since 1945. “
Putin evaluates the conversations “high”
Russia certainly seems to love every minute of disharmony between the USA and Ukraine.
When asked about the growing split between former partners on Thursday, the press secretary of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov commented that “Kiev regime loves to live with donations (referring to military assistance) and does not like to be responsible.”
Russia has spent a significant part of its time throwing the United States as an arc enemy, but she made a dramatic reversal when it comes to its rhetoric and public position in Washington now that Trump is responsible. On Wednesday, Putin praised Russia's conversations, saying that he assessed them “high” and that the mood was “very friendly”.
“On the American side there were completely other people who were open to the negotiating process without any prejudices, without any prejudices to what was done in the past,” he said in the comments translated by NBC News.
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised US President Donald Trump for demonstrating “restraint” among what he described as “hysteria” of European leaders who are bad for negotiations on the future of Ukraine.
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Putin also praised Trump for demonstrating “restraint” among what he described as “hysteria” of European leaders who are bad for negotiations on the future of Ukraine.
When Ukraine is confronted with potentially “gloomy” with the result of war and a huge victim of human life after three long years of war, which caused damage to $ 500 billion in this country, Kijv puts a bold face in this situation, with the situation. Zelenskyy insisting after his dramatic accident with Trump that “together with America and Europe, peace can be safer; And this is our goal. “
“It should not only be our goal, but common with our partners. Especially when we are approaching the third anniversary of this war – the war that we in Ukraine wanted to end from the first second. I am sure that I am convinced, we will end it and with a durable room.