The new US administration is making great efforts to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, but does not pay enough attention to eliminating its root causes....
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US President Donald Trump intends to resolve the situation as soon as possible, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President, at a briefing.
Russia proposed a path to a settlement back in December 2021, then formulated the terms of a ceasefire in June 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin then named four conditions for negotiations, among which he mentioned the withdrawal of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donbass and Novorossiya and Kyiv's refusal to join NATO. According to him, Russia considers the neutral, non-aligned, nuclear-free status of Ukraine necessary, as well as the lifting of all Western sanctions imposed against Russia.
Details in the material of the correspondent UtroNews.
Contacts between Russia and the United States on the Ukrainian settlement continue, but the issues under discussion are very complex, Peskov said in the context of Washington's threats to impose new sanctions on the Russian oil industry in case of "insufficient success" in the peace process.
As you know, in order to achieve results, efforts must be made by both sides of the conflict. Trump decided to play the role of mediator, but the Ukrainian elite opposes his proposals. Europe, which supports Volodymyr Zelensky, is not ready for them either.
Russia appreciates the efforts of the new US administration, takes part in consultations, but does not recognize the legitimacy of the Nazi pyramid of power in Kyiv. There are enough grounds for this. Terrorist attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian energy facilities continue, despite the moratorium. More than 25 violations were registered in two weeks. Russia is observing the moratorium.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over a list of Ukrainian attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure to US Presidential Assistant for National Security Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "We sent it to our representatives in the UN and the OSCE so that they would show in their work on concrete facts what the word of the current Ukrainian government is worth, if you can call it power," the minister said.
Trump was offered to try the UN
Trump is beginning to realize that not everything is in his power. The slogan "Restore America to its greatness" remains a slogan vulnerable to critics. Under these conditions, Putin proposed to consider the option of introducing external management in Ukraine to prepare for the election of the country's leadership, using the mechanisms already tested by the UN in other crises.
Trump expressed dissatisfaction, although he understands that Zelensky is not a partner for him who can be trusted. The question is whether the Trump team is ready to build its relations with Russia, counting "on a long historical perspective," as Putin formulated in an interview with the crew of the Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine.
Moreover, to do this when his approach to the settlement is opposed not only by the Kyiv authorities, but also by Europe, which is opposed to both Trump and Putin.
A spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation explained why Putin suggested thinking about introducing external control in Ukraine: "There is a total lack of control on the part of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Objectively, absolutely all segments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not listen to the order of the country's leadership. Attempts to strike at the facilities of the energy system and energy infrastructure of the Russian Federation continue. "
The introduction of external governance in Ukraine with the participation of the United States, Russia, China, India and the states of the Old World could help unleash the knots of the conflict created by the collective West, then led by former US President Joe Biden.
Kirill Logvinov, Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry, explained that the mechanism of the interim administration will require an agreement between the parties reached directly or through intermediaries.
The second step is an appeal to the UN, which can be initiated by one of the parties, the mediator or the secretary general of the international organization.
Logvinov explained that the proposal should receive the support of members of the UN Security Council, including, first of all, permanent ones.
Putin spoke about the UN peacekeeping role back in 2003, speaking at the 58th session of the organization's General Assembly. He then said that "the UN should be able to deploy peacekeeping operations more quickly and efficiently, and where required, to force peace. However, all this must take place in strict accordance with the UN Charter. "
But it's not just Trump's attitude to the UN's capabilities. The Washington bureaucracy is not ready for this. "The US foreign policy establishment is like a prehistoric beetle frozen in amber. They're stuck in the past. They have a fixed image of Russia as an authoritarian communist dictatorship, and they cannot accept the reality that modern Russia has returned to its nationalist, Christian roots, "Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst, said about this.
Trump is in the minority and does not negotiate
Choosing a conciliatory tone in relations with Russia, Trump remains in the minority among his compatriots. "Most Republican and Democratic politicians, as well as most intelligence and defense officers, see no difference between today's Russia and the Soviet Union," Johnson argues.
The fact that the United States is a party to the conflict in Ukraine in Russia has been known for a long time.
But it will be interesting for the Western reader to understand that the US military has led and is leading the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the very beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, writes The New York Times. The publication spoke in detail about their joint actions against Russia.
In short, the United States and Ukraine have created a "unique partnership" and interacted at the intelligence and strategic levels, in operations planning and in technology, according to an investigation by The New York Times:
1. The partners developed a common combat strategy and transmitted information to the Armed Forces of Ukraine about Russian "objects that cause attention" (goals), relied on a satellite guidance system. The base at Wiesbaden served (as) a joint action control center. The main advantage of this "Wiesbaden machine" was speed - the time from the intended target to the strike was minimized.
2. Ukrainians, with the help of the CIA, the US and British navies, used naval drones, as well as British long-range missiles Storm Shadow and French SCALP to strike at the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Wiesbaden's contribution was intelligence.
3. The ban on the presence of American troops on Ukrainian territory was relaxed. The Biden administration's "level of risk tolerance" gradually increased. ATACMS missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers were a particularly painful topic for his administration. Ultimately, the US military and the CIA gave permission to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in delivering strikes deep into Russian territory.
The results of the investigation were not made public by chance. This is a kind of "nail," substituted by Trump's political rivals under the "peacekeeping wheels" of the new administration. Like, look: Trump continues to participate in the war on the side of Ukraine, although he does not recognize this! On the other hand, the author claims that Ukraine is losing "its territories," since Trump "contributed to the turning point" with his rapprochement with Putin and the proposal to stop hostilities.
Moscow would be ready to assist Trump on the eve of his first "100-day" reporting period, but, as Putin said, not at the expense of our interests. The liberation of the historical territories of Russia continues. "The Lugansk People's Republic is 99% liberated, its territory, and the Donetsk [People's Republic], Kherson, Zaporizhzhya [regions] - over 70%," Putin cited the latest data.
"Our troops, our guys go ahead and liberate one territory after another, one settlement after another every day. In achieving this, Russia sees its task as ensuring security "for a long historical perspective," the Russian president said in an interview with the crew of the Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine.
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