Russian president proposed Ukraine to resume peace negotiations on 15 May in Istanbul. Volodymyr Zelenski confirmed that he would personally fly to Turkey to meet Putin.
About what might happen in the coming days, he was asked during the Impact’25 in Poznań the world-famous historian Timothy Snyder. “I would start by saying that the most crucial origin in these negotiations are not Russians or Ukrainians. I think the most crucial factor, which is unpredictable, is the Americans," he said.
He added that his fellow countrymen have a distorted image of what negotiations are and “have done a beautiful good job, making it hard for Ukrainians to work.” “I am afraid about the way Americans influence Russians, creating a situation where the Russians hope that time is on their side. I think we are artificially creating a situation where the Russians can think that the longer this takes, the better for them," said Timothy Snyder.
Timothy Snyder hits Donald Trump
Historian hit the president of the United States himself. “ Trump has many superpowers, but the most crucial of them is that he can always disappoint you,” he said. “There is no concept of sovereignty in his intellectual arsenal. And without the concept of American sovereignty, 1 cannot go to concepts specified as alliances or friendship," he added. According to Snyder of Trump, credibility cannot be expected.
In the further part of the discussion, the expert was asked whether Ukraine should halt seeking to regain the full territory. “I think that would be a large mistake,” he said. — Resigning your own legal territory is simply a serious and unforgivable mistake, not only for the future of a given country, but besides for others. I don't want it to sound besides high-flying, but for the future of the world. If we had legally granted the territory of Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia, we would have changed the full planet order,” the expert said.
