Last week, Trump announced that if there was no agreement with Moscow in the case of war in Ukraine within 50 days, he would announce a 100 % duties on Russia and its trading partners. The threats of the president, however, do not seem to approach Russia and Ukraine to the end of the war – emphasizes “Wall Street Journal” on Wednesday.
“The impasse showed that Trump's recent warnings did not contribute to Moscow's concessions,” reads. Russia does not give up its maximum demands towards Kievwhich would mean Russian dominance over Ukraine.
The newspaper pointed out that Wednesday's Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul, which lasted less than an hour, brought Low results. The expectations of their results were also not high – added a conservative daily.
Media: Trump's actions were of no avail
Despite the fact that Trump expresses frustration because of Russian attacks on Ukraine, The US President does not exert a sufficiently strong pressure on Moscow, which is needed to lead to the end of the war – emphasize analysts.
“New York Times” said that due to the ultimatum of Trump Work on the Sanctions Package towards Russia and its trading partners in the American Senate have been suspended. The penalties contained in the Senators project are much more severe than the threat presented by Trump. The package provides for the imposition of duties of at least 500 percent. for imports from Russia and other countries trading with Moscow.
The head of the Ukrainian delegation for talks in Istanbul Rust Diemov announced that Ukraine had proposed Russia Organizing the summit of leaders with the participation of US and Turkish presidents.
The Ukrainian side also declared their readiness to suspend weapons, including suspension of attacks on critical and civil infrastructure. Diesuv emphasized that Russia and Ukraine agreed on further exchange of military and civilian prisoners and would not carry out a new negotiations round until the latest arrangements are made. According to him, the humanitarian exchange between the two countries will cover over 1,200 people.
