US President Donald Trump announced that he had ended his telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. As he said, the conversation was “very productive” and both leaders were to discuss, among others: the issue of ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. Trump said that talking to Putin “could help bring about an end to Russia's war with Ukraine.” He announced that when the conflict ends, the US and Russia will talk about… expanding trade cooperation.
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At the end of the conversation, he said, both leaders agreed meeting of its senior advisers next week.
The first stage will be talks between representatives of both sides. He is to lead the American delegation Secretary of State Marco Rubioalong with other representatives of the administration (they have not yet been named). The location of these talks has not yet been determined.
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After initial talks with advisors Trump and Putin are scheduled to meet in person in Budapest, Hungaryto, as Trump put it, “try to end this 'shameful' war between Russia and Ukraine.”
“WSJ”: Ukraine may not receive Tomakawk missiles
According to the daily the use of the term “productive conversation” may reduce the likelihood that the US will decide to provide Ukraine with modern, heavy weapons. In recent days, the US president has publicly and privately considered sending to Ukraine Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles.
The topic of the possible sale of Tomahawk missiles is to be one of the points of the meeting between Trump and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.scheduled for Friday in Washington.
The Wall Street Journal recalls that after Trump's August meeting with Putin in Alaska, the president expressed frustration with the Russian position and the lack of progress in ending the war in Ukraine. Although he did not rule out imposing sanctions on Russia at the time, none have been introduced so far. Also in the last entry after the conversation with Putin, Trump did not indicate the possibility of applying sanctions, instead focusing on trade issues between the US and Russia after the end of the conflict.
