Peskov claims that Putin wants peace in Ukraine, but sends Trump that an agreement cannot be concluded quickly

President Vladimir Putin is open to the idea of ​​peace in Ukraine and works intensely with the United States in this regard, but the conflict is so complicated that Washington's rapid progress is difficult to achieve, Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Dmitri Peskov Photo: Profimedia

US President Donald Trump, who says he wants to remain in history as a man of peace, repeatedly said he wants to put an end to “Blood bath ” from Ukraine, which lasts for over three years. But Washington pointed out that he is frustrated by the failure of Moscow and Kiev to reach common terms to end the most destructive terrestrial war in Europe after World War II.

“The (Russian) president remains open to the political and diplomatic methods of resolving this conflict”the Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, writes News.

He said that Putin expressed his desire to have direct discussions with Ukraine, but there is still no answer from Kiev.

Following the comment of the Kremlin, the Ukrainian Minister Andrii Sîbiha said that Ukraine is prepared for peace discussions in any format, if Moscow signs an unconditional cessation of fire.

Putin has previously greeted the idea in principle, but said that many problems should be solved in practice before such a cessation of fire could be agreed.

On the other hand, the Kremlin on Wednesday reported that Russia's goals should be achieved in any way, specifying that Moscow's preference is to achieve its goals peacefully.

“We understand that Washington wants to achieve quick success in this process.”Peskov said in English.

But the deep causes of the Ukraine war are too complex to be resolved in a single day, said Peskov, quoted by the official TASS news agency.

Putin considers the war as a decisive moment in Moscow's relations with the West, which he says has humiliated Russia after falling the Soviet Union in 1991 by expanding NATO and invading what he considers the sphere of Moscow, including Ukraine.

More war?

In March, Putin said that Russia supports, in principle, the US proposal to cease fire in Ukraine, but struggles cannot be stopped until a number of crucial conditions are established or clarified.

On Monday, Putin announced a cessation of three-day fire in May, a break for the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union over the Nazis in World War II.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said that Russia must take the first step towards a peace agreement accepting an unconditional cessation of fire.

Also on Tuesday, Trump said he believes that Putin wants to stop the Ukraine war, adding that if he had not been at the White House, Russia would have tried to conquer the whole of Ukraine. “If it wasn't me, I think he wanted to take over the whole country“Said Trump.

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Tuesday that it is now the time for concrete proposals from Moscow and Kiev to end the war and warned that the US will withdraw as a mediator if there will be no progress.

Asked if the United States will stop military aid granted to Ukraine if Washington quit mediation, Trump has refused to answer.