Negotiations, but no quick peace: Russia expects a “lengthy process” to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Moscow does not go into an unusually clear criticism from US President Trump.
A quick peace solution for Ukraine – this is what the US government of President Donald Trump wants. But the Russian leadership has damped hopes for it again. Russia see the efforts to end the fights as a “lengthy process”, said government spokesman Dmitri Peskow in a switching with reporters.
“We are working on implementing some ideas in connection with the Ukrainian solution. This work continues.” There is still nothing that Moscow can announce, said Peskow.
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow, Wladimir Putin is open to a phone call to Donald Trump
The Kremlin spokesman did not go down directly on Trump's criticism of Putin. The Russian president is still “absolutely open to contacts” with Trump and willing to speak to him, Peskow only explained. So far there is no new phone call in the schedule of Putin, but that can be quickly agreed.
Trump is supposedly “angry” and “pissed off”
In an interview with NBC News, the US President had said that he was “angry” and “pissed off” on Putin. The reason for Trump's trouble was repeated by Putin that the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj was no longer legitimate head of state of his country because his term of office last year expired.
According to the Ukrainian constitution, however, elections are not permitted as long as the country is under war law – as is currently the case because of the Russian attack war. However, Putin ignored this and proposed to put Ukraine under UN Distribution and to hold “new elections under external management”. A government elected could then negotiate a peace treaty.
In view of such statements, the EU foreign commissioner Kaja Kallas Moscow questions peace of peace. “Russia plays games and is not really interested in peace,” she said before an EU Foreign Ministers' meeting in Madrid. “So our question is how we can put more pressure on Russia.” Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski suggests that Russia have a deadline for accepting an armistice in Ukraine.
Finnish President reports on Trump's impatience
Finland's President Alexander Stubb, who met the US President at the weekend, and after a round round of Golf, also has the impression that Trump loses patience with Putin: “The wrong word is probably angry – but it is certainly impatient.” In an interview with the British broadcaster Sky News, Stubb answered the question of whether Trump had angrily worked on Putin.
They had spoken a lot about the ceasefire and the frustration that Russia does not stick to it, said Stubb. If there was a pendulum between trust and distrust, Russian activities of the past few weeks have shown that one moves more towards distrust.
Kiev criticizes Moscow unwillingness
The United States recently submitted a proposal for a complete and immediate 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine War, but the Kremlin had no agreement on an unconditional stop of all fights for this period. Most recently, the White House announced that Moscow and Kiev had reached an agreement to ensure safe shipping in the Black Sea. However, doubts have arisen in the implementation of such a partial weapon rest because Russian negotiators made far -reaching demands.
Selenskyj complained on Sunday that the Russian attacks on his country were taking to undiminished hardness despite the diplomatic efforts. This shows Moscow unwilling to come to a solution. Putin does not seem about diplomacy, said Selenskyj. He called for further international pressure on Russia to persuade it to negotiate. This should include new sanctions.
