“No. Not a truce,” he said when a journalist asked if Putin, with whom Trump spoke before the meeting with Zelensky, had the same agreement.
According to Trump, this is one of the issues that negotiators are currently working on. Putin, as the US president said, “does not want to find himself in a situation where after the ceasefire “he will have to start again, which is quite possible.”
“He believes that they are fighting, and to stop it, and then if they have to start again, which is quite possible, he does not want to be in that situation. I understand that position. President [Украины] I strongly believe in this, but I think we will find ways around it. But I understand President Putin from this point of view, you know, we need to understand the other side. And you know I'm on the side of peace,” Trump said.
Context
On December 26, the media wrote that the authorities of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation agreed to a truce during the likely holding of a referendum in Ukraine. According to media reports, Ukraine is seeking a truce for a period of 60 days, while Russia may insist on a shorter period.
Zelensky reported that the entire “peace plan” may be put to a referendum if the issue of territories cannot be agreed upon at the negotiations. In particular, the head of the Ukrainian state considers a referendum necessary if the United States insists on creating a potential “free economic zone” Donbass.
