US President Donald Trump and members of his team called different dates for the end of Russia's war against Ukraine – from 24 years to months. As the Americans became involved in the negotiations, the lines were discussed further and further.
RBC-Ukraine recognizes what terms the United States is focusing on and how officials are weighing in on the progress of the negotiations.
Contents:
- What are the dates for the end of the war called by the Trump team?
- Observations of progress before the truce
- Tightening for an hour on the side of Russia
What are the dates for the end of the war called by the Trump team?
The dignified US President and his team declare that they would like to end Russia’s war against Ukraine as quickly as possible. Donald Trump's statement about peace “in 24 years” – even before his inauguration – has already turned into a meme and a source of ridicule.
This year, Trump’s team began to mutter about “months.” In the wake of the past fate, Trump’s special representative for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, for example, gave himself a hundred days to find a “resolution.” And on the 15th of February Kellogg's term is different.
“I live behind Trump’s hour. And if I ask for work today, then tomorrow I will also feed, which was not earned. Therefore, I publicly take 180 days, I begin the gateway, so that all sides have business,” he said Kellogg.
Over the years, Kellogg's role in the negotiations became multi-faceted. New individuals who are directly involved in this are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Commissioner Mike Volz and Special Envoy for Russia Steven Vitkoff who brought the process forward.
The phrases, in the context of the end of the war, sound three times close to the same date.
In the middle of the storm, according to Bloomberg, the Trump administration informed European residents that it wanted to start a fire in Ukraine before the 20th anniversary. This date is the deadline for starting the fire, after the meeting with Trump, publicly announced by the President of Finland Alexander Stubb.
Even earlier, The Economist and Wall Street Journal reported that the United States would like to address the fire in the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency – until the 29th quarter.
In addition, the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has stated several times that he wants to celebrate Trump on May 9 at the parade in Moscow, which is also a symbolic date for the Russian Federation, which can be presented to the Russian public in the context “victory” and the end of the war.
Observations of progress before the truce
The United States will truly report the great forces, or shake Russia until a truce, in order to show their public that “I will overcome.” The United States was especially active in the middle of the war, when the Ukrainian and American teams fought near Jeddah. Ukraine supported the US initiative to promote a 30-day permanent truce.
Prote Russia has identified the songs of the repertoire. This year there have been telephone exchanges between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. As a result, the parties settled on a partial truce, as the energy and maritime spheres were at stake. The details were finalized on February 23–25 at technical consultations in Riyadh. The delegations of Ukraine and Russia did not come together directly: the Americans acted as a mediator.
After changes in Riyadh, Trump said that the newly acquired States are making great progress in regulating Russia's war against Ukraine. However, you can get confused.
Russia destroyed the energy truce on the 27th of February. Ukraine has assigned the United States the task of monitoring the rogue regime under the fire of the energy sector. Without which it is hardly possible to act in accordance with other aspects of the truce. And they are enough.
Before the maritime truce, Russia hung low in its minds, for which it is ready to carry out military actions in the Black Sea, despite the imminent imposition of strict sanctions. However, this process seems to have slowed down for the time being, and the remains of the sanctions have decided to lie in Europe, and there is no longer any evidence of a disaster.
In addition to food, there is a truce before attacks on civil infrastructure. As Igor Zhovkva, the defense minister, told the Office of the President of Ukraine, Russia did not want to discuss food at the negotiations in Riyadh. Following these words, the Russian delegation stated that it does not have a valid mandate, so the attacks on Ukrainian places will continue.
Also, the most important aspect of the truce is the line of connection on the ground. In the case of the unknown, the parameters, concepts and monitoring mechanisms are lost.
Tightening for an hour on the side of Russia
It is clear, on the level of American policy, that the negotiations turned out to be very complicated. On February 28, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that it would not be understood if a peaceful settlement could be achieved.
“We are committed to reaching the world as much as is needed. This does not mean that I can guarantee you that the good will be delivered within a week or a month. I simply cannot set a time frame, so it will not lie with us. to lie with the Russians and to lie with the Ukrainians. This will also lie with our partners in Europe, which sanctions are looming, which, I respect, are guilty within the framework of any residual benefit,” Rubio said at the hour of spilkuvaniya journalists.
However, the problem is that Russia is not included in the Swedish Armistice. Although the economy suffers from the sanctions, the Kremlin will have to exhaust its reserves by the end of 2025.
“I am a follower of the idea that people will continue to talk about the peaceful process for a long time. Because the world doesn’t want to be the only one to blame for this war. So there is no need to suppress it,” the political scientist and president said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine Analytical center “Politics” Oleg Lisny.
The establishment of deadlines puts the US President himself in a weak position, as the one who has the most problems in the Swedish world. On the other hand, there is a greater risk that Trump will do something to Putin, or speed up the process.
“I respect it as unconstructive if specific deadlines are inserted. Therefore, this gives Putin the opportunity to beat Trump yesterday. From now on, on the 20th, we will reach this stage. є 2-3 minds,” Lisny told Vidannya.
They also paid attention to the fact that Trump was aware of the game Russia is playing in and began to build up not only “carrots”, but also “batogs”.
When writing the material, statements by American, Ukrainian and Russian politicians, publications by Bloomberg, Reuters, and comments by political scientist Oleg Lisny were used.