Trump Publicizes Huge Information About Ending Russia’s Conflict in Ukraine
President Trump says he has spoken to the Russian and Ukrainian presidents about ending the conflict in Ukraine, and ceasefire negotiations will start quickly.
A White Home delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now anticipated to satisfy with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich on Friday to debate steps towards peace.
Trump spoke first to Putin in a prolonged, wide-ranging telephone name. “We agreed to work collectively, very carefully, together with visiting one another’s Nations. We’ve additionally agreed to have our respective groups begin negotiations instantly,” Trump posted on social media.
Later, in a separate publish, Trump mentioned, “I simply spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The dialog went very nicely. He, like President Putin, needs to make PEACE. …It’s time to cease this ridiculous Conflict, the place there was huge, and completely pointless, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. God bless the folks of Russia and Ukraine!”
Zelenskyy additionally spoke out after the dialog, stating on X, “Nobody needs peace greater than Ukraine. Along with the U.S., we’re charting our subsequent steps to cease Russian aggression and guarantee a long-lasting, dependable peace. As President Trump mentioned, let’s get it achieved. We agreed to take care of additional contact and plan upcoming conferences.”
Trump’s announcement got here shortly after his Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth urged NATO leaders to desert their hopes of restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders and as a substitute put together for a negotiated settlement with Russia.
He additionally mentioned it is not possible for NATO to confess Ukraine to the alliance. “The USA doesn’t consider that NATO membership for Ukraine is a sensible final result of a negotiated settlement,” Hegseth mentioned.
Each of these factors are disappointing information for Ukraine.
Hegseth’s feedback got here whereas attending a gathering of Kyiv’s backers at NATO headquarters. He additionally added {that a} peace association with Russia ought to be policed by a world drive however no U.S. troops.
Russia has demanded that NATO not admit Ukraine into the alliance. Ukrainian allies just like the UK and France aren’t supporting the Trump administration’s proposal to dam Ukraine from NATO.
French International Minister Jean-Noël Barrot mentioned that if the West abandons Ukraine, it could “entrench the legislation of the strongest. It might be an invite to all of the world’s tyrants and despots to invade their neighbors with full impunity.”
