“Putin wanted a private conversation with Trump and he got it,” Bolton noted, emphasizing that there was no pressure or pressure on the part of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelanski, or other European leaders.
According to Bolton, Trump understood that peace conversations “got strict” and Washington is closer than ever to abandon his role as a mediator. – It would be a logical step, but Trump has not yet withdrawn – noted an experienced American diplomat, who played many important state and international positions also during the term of other US presidents.
Former adviser to Donald Trump: this would mean the failure of Ukraine
Referring to the negotiations on the truce on the Ukrainian front, the interlocutor ERR assessed that the suspension of weapons would not be beneficial for Ukraine.
“The weapon suspension line would become a de facto border,” he explained, referring to his work experience at the UN. According to Bolton, this would mean a failure of Ukrainians. – Russia would control 20 percent. Their territory – he added, noting that thanks to this Russia would also gain time to rebuild the army and prepare for the third attack on the neighboring country. The only way to prevent this are safety guarantees for Kiev – he emphasized.
The US help for Ukraine weakens? “It will rather take the form of new sanctions”
Bolton also pointed out that 17. In turn, the EU Sanctions Package, aimed at the Kremlin, shows that the existing restrictions imposed on Russia are “ineffective”. He added that in the American Congress there is still support for Ukraine, but it is very likely that help for Kiev will rather take the form of new sanctions, not the supply of weapons. He noted that the US withdrawal from negotiations would be a “catastrophe” for Ukraine, because the consequence of this decision would be to suspend the supply of weapons and ammunition.
77-year-old Bolton was a strategic advisor at the White House in 2018-19, during the first term of Trump (2017-21). Currently – as ERR emphasized – criticizes Trump, because he believes that the only goal of the American leader is to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. In Bolton's opinion, Trump remains fascinated by this award after his predecessor Barack Obama received it in 2009.
Trump, however, is “indifferent”, for which he could get a peaceful Nobel Prize-whether it will be a matter of Ukraine, a conflict in the Middle East, or an Indian-Pakistine conflict-summed up Bolton.
