Ukraine hopes that Russia's president Vladimir Putin will agree to launch serious peace talks in the spring or summertime of next year," Politico reported on 16 October, citing diplomatic sources.
According to the publication, there is cautious optimism among Ukrainian officials after relations between president Volodymyr Zelenski and the fresh US president Donald Trump have become warmer. The delegation from Kiev stayed in the United States this week to discuss ways of exerting force on Putin and to aid Ukraine last the winter under Russian attacks.
"Slowly, but consistently, Trump and Zelenski are getting closer to each another – more than anyone could have imagined in February, after their stormy argument at the Oval Office, which many considered to be the end of the relationship," Politico writes.
As 1 Republican insider said, “Trump needed time to realize who Putin truly is”. The origin added that the U.S. president was annoyed that the media called the failed Alaska summit "the Putin triumph".
According to the interviewer, European leaders besides contributed to improving the relation between Trump and Zelenski, including the British monarch, who, according to the source, was to tell Trump that “Ukraine is wonderful”, which affected his attitude. At the same time, Zelenski "worked hard on relations with Trump and carefully selected words".
Let us remind that Zelenski previously announced that he was appointing Donald Trump to the Nobel Peace Prize if he could bring about a peace agreement in Ukraine.
Source: Politico
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