2025-04-26 16:51
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2025-04-26 16:51
The rocket shelling of civil areas through Russia means that I think Putin may not want to stop the war and deceive me – said US President Donald Trump on Saturday. Once again he threatened to apply additional sanctions to Russia.
“There is no reason why Putin would shoot rockets into civil areas, cities and towns, for the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he does not want to stop the war, he simply deceives me and you have to deal with him differently, through (sanctions on – PAP)” Banking “or” Secondary Sanctions “? Too many people die !!!” – Trump wrote on the Truth Social portal.
Pieskow: Putin confirmed his readiness to negotiate with Ukraine without preliminary conditions
Vladimir Putin confirmed his readiness to negotiate with Ukraine without preliminary conditions during a meeting with the envoy of the US President Donald Trump Steve Witkoff, said the Interfax agency on Saturday, citing the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskow.
Trump posted an entry on the way back from Rome, where during the funeral of Pope Francis he met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zielnski. The day before, by reporting the talks of his envoy Steve Witkoff with Vladimir Putin, Trump claimed that he was “very close” of the peace agreement.
Trump's statement in Truth Social was mainly devoted to the critical article by the New York Times journalist Peter Baker, who wrote in the analysis that Trump's actions are beneficial to Russia, mentioning in this context, among others A proposal for the US to recognize the annexation of Crimea.
“No matter what contract I will include in relation to Russia/Ukraine, no matter how good it will be, even if it is the best contract ever concluded, the declining” New York Times “will be wrong about it. Little Peter Baker, very biased and devoid of talent journalist, fulfilled the demands of his editor and wrote that Ukraine should regain the territory, including Crimea, and other funny demands to stop killing, which is worse than anything since World War II, “said Trump.
As he said, the journalist should focus on criticizing Barack Obama, during whose rule the annexation of Crimea took place, adding that he “just tries to clean the mess that Obama and Biden left me.”
Trump has threatened Russia several times earlier by applying sanctions – including “secondary duties” on the countries buying crude oil from it – if this one is not willing to negotiate to end the war. He quickly changed the tone to a more conciliatory and did not realize his threats yet.
From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)
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