The hope of an ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has been welcomed across the party in the United States. President Trump announced an early conversation with the Russian President Putin.
US President Donald Trump was visibly satisfied with the result of the talks in Saudi Arabia. “Hopefully President Putin will also agree,” said Trump in front of the White House. If Russia agreed to the 30-day ceasefire, according to Trump's view, three quarters of the way would have been covered.
And he explained that there would soon be further discussions between the United States and Russia, maybe “today or tomorrow”. Trump replied when asked whether he will speak to the Russian President Vladimir Putin this week: “I will speak to Vladimir Putin, yes.” US media report that Trump's special envoys for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will also travel to Moscow this week.
Relief by resuming military aids
Politicians in the United States have welcomed the hope of a 30-day ceasefire and the fact that the United States will resume its military aid for Ukraine. The democratic senator Amy Klobuchar said on CNN that she could not assess whether Putin would agree that she could not put herself in him. But the result from Saudi Arabia is at least a good sign.
Above all, Klobuchar was relieved that the military aid for Ukraine and the provision of secret service information had started again. It was an absolute horror show that this support had been stopped at all while Ukrainian soldiers fought on the front, said Kobuchar.
Democrats demand constant attitude of Trump
The democratic Senator Mark Kelly commented similarly. He had traveled to Ukraine last weekend, also met Ukrainian soldiers and then wrote to X: “What I saw is once again proving to be once again: We are not allowed to let the Ukrainian people down.”
Kelly now spoke of a good result in Saudi Arabia. At the same time, he appealed to President Trump not to let things escalate again like when talking to the Ukrainian President Wolodomyr Selenskyj in the White House a week and a half. President Trump probably thought that he was showing strength. But that's not how you behave that was not productive, Kelly criticized. The United States should also not make any mistakes as the military aid's attitude. “Let us remain constant,” said Kelly.
Doubts to Putin Willingness to negotiate
John Herbst, former US ambassador to Ukraine and now at the Atlantic Council in Washington, was skeptical on the television station PBS. He does not believe that Putin will agree to the ceasefire. Putin wants to conquer more Ukrainian territory and obtain control over Ukraine. He couldn't do that if he accepted a ceasefire. The question is whether Putin really wanted to put on Trump, said Herbst.
And if so, the next question is: How does Trump react? Last Friday, the US President Russia threatened further sanctions on his platform Truth. In the afternoon, however, he sounded different again, expressed understanding for Putin.
The Republican Senator Lindsay Graham reacted to a possible ceasefire on the platform X with the words: “Well done, Team Trump!” He hoped that Russia agreed to a ceasefire. If not, the United States should shower Russia with sanctions, says Graham.
