The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the detention of American military assistance to Ukraine would be the best contribution to the matter of peace, but he warned that Russia must explain the details of the removal of US President Donald Trump.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cautious about reports about a break in the USA and said that the details should be seen.
“It is obvious that the United States has so far been the main supplier of this war,” said Peskov. “If the United States stops … or suspends these supplies, it will probably be the best contribution to the cause of the room.”
Peskov said that Russia was satisfied with Trump's statements about his wishes for peace in the region.
“We hear his statement about his desire to bring peace in Ukraine, and this is welcome. We see some things and receive some information about the proposed activities in this direction. It is also welcome. But we will continue to see how the situation is developing in reality, “said Peskov.
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Ukraine, the legislator is afraid of “surrender”
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent tens of thousands of soldiers to Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia currently controls about one fifth of Ukraine, about 113,000 square kilometers, while Ukraine controls about 450 square kilometers of Russia, according to the maps of Open Source from war and Russia.
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Trump stopped military assistance in Ukraine after a clash with the President of the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, according to the White House at the end of Monday. Zelenskyy and the delegation were in Washington to sign a framework for the creation of an investment fund from the USA as part of efforts to extract minerals in Ukraine.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian army has funds to maintain the situation on the first line with the Russian forces.
“We will continue to cooperate with the US through all available channels in a calm way,” said Shmyhal at a press conference.
Oleksandr Merezhko, head of the Foreign Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament, expressed his fears.
“It looks really bad on the surface,” said Merezhko. “It seems that (Trump) pushes us to surrender, which means (accepting) Russia's demands. Stopping help now means helping Putin. “
EU charts active defense expenses
European leaders will be under pressure to increase defense expenditure as a result of a US decision.
On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed new joint loans of the European Union to borrow EU governments to increase the possibility of defending Europe.
“Europe is ready to take over its duties. Europe can mobilize nearly EUR 800 billion ($ 227.5 billion CDN) for a safe and resistant Europe. We will continue to work closely with our partners in NATO. This is a moment for Europe. And we are ready to speed up, “said the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
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Von der Leyen did not provide a detailed time frame, but he would allocate joint loans to build opportunities in air and rocket defense, artillery systems, missiles and ammunition, drones and anti-DRON systems, as well as cyberpring, the commission said.
EU leaders will discuss the proposal at a special peak devoted to defense expenses on Thursday.
Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that he talked about further cooperation with Germany Friedrich Merz, probably another chancellor After the election last week.
“We remember that Germany is a leader in providing Ukraine air defense systems and play a key role in ensuring our financial stability,” said Zelenskyy at X after calling with Merz.
Several European leaders expressed disappointment with an American decision.
Finland's foreign minister Elina Valtonen said that the American position in relation to Russia would not end war.
Valtonen said she was also “a bit concerned” Last American order to stop offensive cybernetic operations against Russia during negotiations aimed at ending the war of Ukraine.
“This is probably part of a great strategy that the White House decided to check whether this way of action can lead to peace, effectively calming Russia and exerting pressure on Ukraine,” said Valtonen at a party on Tuesday in London. “In my opinion, this should be exactly the opposite and I trust that President Trump and his team will notice at the right time that it probably does not work.”
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Trump was criticized to Ukraine for a long time before Zelenskyy became president, claiming that officials interfered in the US elections in 2016. There were claims released as a conspiracy theoryAnd both a special adviser's report and a congress report run by Republicans, determined that Russia was disturbed in these elections.
In his first term, as American president, Trump suggested Zelenskyy on a telephone telephone that the Ukrainian leader should cooperate to discredit political rival Joe Biden. The US help to Ukraine was delayed, the Democrats accused Trump for what they think was Quid Pro Quo, and Trump was finally acquitted in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and hindering the congress.
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In addition, before he became president for the second time, Trump in 2023 encouraged Republicans in Congress to suspend military assistance to Ukraine.
Questions about Trump's connections with Putin have hung over him since his presidential race in 2016, and later learned that during the campaign then discussions about the Trump Tower project in Moscow took place with Russian officials.
In July 2018, standing next to Putin in Helsinki, Trump seemed to accept Russian claims of the leader over US intelligence officials in relation to the interference of elections two years earlier.
Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire, the most important democrat in the Senate Commission of Foreign Relations, said at the end of Monday in a statement that Trump “kicked the door wide open to Putin to escalate his violent aggression against innocent Ukrainian.”
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