- Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed that peace efforts in Ukraine would start with a ceasefire on energy and infrastructure – announced after a conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin The White House
- The Russian side, on the another hand, stated that the condition to prevent the escalation of the conflict "should be a complete cessation of abroad military assistance and to supply intelligence to Kiev"
- — This condition de facto means the surrender of Kiev – says Onet Dr. Sokała
- The effects of Trump-Putin's conversation are clearly stated: it smells like a second Yalta. — Putin takes what he wants, to the detriment of Ukraine and Europe. And Trump just nods, agrees to everything – says the expert
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed that peace efforts in Ukraine would start with a ceasefire on energy and infrastructure, and start negotiations in the mediate East on further steps – announced on Tuesday the White House. The Russian side, on the another hand, stated that “the condition for preventing escalation of conflict should be complete cessation of abroad military assistance and provision of intelligence to Kiev.’
Telephone conversation between US president Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin It lasted about 120 minutes and ended around 5:30 p.m. in Poland. The Kremlin and the White home issued communications indicating that they failed to communicate on a 30-day full ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to after talking to the US delegation in Saudi Arabia.
Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin. What's the deal?
- Vladimir Putin supported the thought of suspending attacks on energy infrastructure for 30 days, said the Kremlin. There is simply a difference compared to the White home Communication, which indicated that the ceasefire is to be about "energy and infrastructure"
- On 19 March there will be an exchange of prisoners between the Russian and Ukrainian sides in the ratio of 175 for 175. Russia is besides to hand over 23 badly injured Ukrainian soldiers to the Kiev authorities
- The Russian leader was to tell Trump that "the key condition for preventing the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine must be the complete cessation of abroad military assistance and the exchange of intelligence with Kiev"
- Further talks on the war in Ukraine are to begin “immediately” in the mediate East, said the White House
- During his discussion with Trump Putin, he was to stress that "any truce in Ukraine must address the underlying causes of the crisis and take into account Russia's legitimate safety interests"
- Trump and Putin agreed on the request to negociate a marine ceasefire in the Black Sea
- Russian and U.S. leaders jointly considered the mediate East to be a key region for cooperation to prevent future conflicts
“This smells like a second Yalta”
“Putin takes what he wants, and Trump does not want to, or can’t resist. And Putin takes it cleverly, as has been speculated before, which is, yes, we want peace, but... And it adds crucial conditions. This is what this conversation looked like – says Onet Dr. Witold Sokała, an expert in global relations, a writer of the "Journal of Legal Newspapers".
— An example of Moscow’s benefits with Washington concessions? For example, the question of stopping attacks on energy infrastructure. Putin uses it due to the fact that Ukrainian drones are destroying his Russian infrastructure, mostly refineries and tanks. But as far as the ceasefire at sea is concerned, further negotiations will be needed here," the expert points out. — The key, of course, is the condition of the Kremlin to immediately suspend military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine. This de facto means the surrender of Kiev, says Dr. Sokała. — Let me be clear, it smells like the another Yalta. He emphasizes.
— In the White home statement, there was besides 1 actual curiosium," noted Dr. Sokała. — That is to say, specified a passage that, in the consistent opinion of both leaders, ‘this conflict should never begin’. Well, if Putin-Aggressor gives specified an opinion, and Trump agrees to it, that is fundamentally absurd – the expert points out.
All the benefits to Putin. "And the American voter got a clear signal: don't talk back, they'll be dollar"
— There is an highly crucial issue in this U.S. page, says Dr. Sokała. “The point is that the discussion between Trump and Putin concerned, among another things, ‘stopping the proliferation of strategical weapons and taking action to limit its proliferation’. Translating from criminal to human, the point is that according to these findings, Putin promises that he will not make his atomic technology available to Iran, which Trump and Israel are very pleased with," he explains.
— But in return, Trump is meant to guarantee that NATO countries do not grow their own potential. What this means for Europe is better not to think," the expert points out. “Of course, the U.S. administration besides stresses the large benefits of resuming economical relations with Russia, that there will be large agreements and the economy will flourish. Well, this is letting go of the American voter: “Don’t talk back about betraying democracy due to the fact that in return you will get a fewer bucks,” Dr. Sokała says. “This American voter besides got, today, the perfect cover so that he didn’t think besides much about Russia and Ukraine. This Tuesday, the Trump administration is expected to uncover thousands of pages of papers concerning the murders of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. So we know what the American public and all media will do," the expert emphasizes.
“Putin sets the planet again as in Soyuz’s day. Russians can enjoy”
— The first signals after Trump-Putin's conversation proved that it was not good – Dr. Sokała points out. “The very symbolic thing was that as the first messages after the conversation he began to release the Kremlin. After that, it was only worse – she notes. “This is besides what the Russians play and what they can be delighted with. Well, Putin showed them present that again, as in the days of Soyuz, Moscow and Washington, they are shouldering the remainder of the planet – concludes Dr. Sokała.
