US President Donald Trump said he believed Russia wants to end his war against Ukraine, but suggested that Moscow may be “wrapping” after Kremlin contests reports about US agreements.
“I think Russia wants to see an end to it, but it may be wrapping. I’ve done it over the years,” the president told conservative-oriented TV Newsmax in an interview that was broadcast on Tuesday night (25).
“I think Russia would like to see this end and I think the president of Ukraine, (Volodymyr) Zelensky, would also like to see this end, right now,” said Trump.
Trump’s comments occurred a few hours after Russia stated that it would only implement a US -mediated agreement to stop the use of black sea strength after the removal of some of the sanctions imposed on their banks and exports due to Ukraine invasion.
After days of separated negotiations with Ukrainian and Russian authorities in Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Tuesday that both sides agreed to “ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of strength and avoid the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.”
But while Zelensky confirmed at a press conference that Ukraine had agreed to stop using military force in the Black Sea, Kremlin issued its own statement about negotiations, which included broad conditions to sign the partial truce.
These conditions included the removal of sanctions on its agricultural bank and other financial institutions and companies involved in food exports, as well as their reconnection to the international SWIFT payment system.
US statements did not mention the removal of sanctions as a prior condition for ceasefire.
Speaking of reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Trump said his administration was analyzing the conditions of Russia. “We are considering all of them right now. There are five or six conditions. We are analyzing all,” he said.
The White House said Russia and Ukraine had also agreed to implement a pause previously announced in the attacks on energy infrastructure.
However, the details of this agreement also remain uncertain. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia stopped attacking the energy infrastructure from March 18, when Trump and Putin made a telephone call in which they discussed the proposal.
However, Ukraine accused Moscow of continuing attacking her infrastructure last week, with a Zelensky advisor stating that at least eight attacks occurred.
At the same time, Russia accused Kiev of attacking its own facilities, including an oil pumping station in southern Russia in Krasnodar.
New evidence that a significant truce was far from being reached at night when Russia launched more than 100 drones towards Ukraine after three Ukrainian civilians were killed on Tuesday, including a three-year-old girl and her mother, Kiev said.
Zelensky said the attacks, which hit several regions of Ukraine, showed that Russia was not interested in a ceasefire.
“Performing large-scale attacks after negotiations for ceasefire is a clear sign for the whole world that Moscow is not seeking real peace,” said Ukrainian leader on Wednesday morning.
Ceasefire in the black sea can impact Ukraine
Ukrainian and US officers said the agreement to interrupt Black Sea attacks would be a potentially significant step, although it does not reach the total ceasefire of 30 days initially proposed by the White House.
However, some analysts pointed out that a ceasefire in the Black Sea and a break in the attacks on energy infrastructure could be disadvantageous to Ukraine.
Some of Ukraine’s biggest military victories occurred in the Black Sea – the country repeatedly reached the Russian fleet and the Kerch bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea.
The sinking of the Moskva, one of the most important war ships of the Russian Navy, has given a great boost to the morale of Ukraine and remains among the most significant moments of the war – even if the two parts disagree with the sinking reason, with Ukraine claiming that he sank after being hit by a missile and Russia claimed that it sank due to a fire and a subsequent explosion of ammunition.
Similarly, Ukraine’s ability to attack oil deposits and other energy facilities within the Russian territory caused great headaches to Moscow, which has long depends on energy export recipes to fund their war effort.
“The United States should amplify and accelerate, not restrict, these effective asymmetrical war approaches (by Ukraine) that also impact Russian battlefield operations and forcing Putin forcing difficult resource allocation decisions,” said institute analysts for the study of war in his Wednesday’s daily note.
This content was originally published in Russia may be “curling” to achieve peace in Ukraine, says Trump on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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