The president-elect also reportedly reminded Vladimir Putin of the scale of the US military presence in Europe, according to the Washington Postwhich indicates that the question of Ukrainian territorial concessions has been raised.
Since his victory in the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump has multiplied his calls concerning the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post which even reported an exchange with Russian President Vladimir Putin two days after the election. According to anonymous sources quoted by the daily, the Republican asked the Russian leader not to provoke an escalation in Ukraine. In a statement to AFP, a spokesman for the US president-elect’s transition team said he had not “comment on private calls between President Trump and other leaders.”.
Shortly afterwards, the German Chancellery reported that Olaf Scholz had spoken with Donald Trump on Sunday and that they had both said. “ready to work together for the return of peace to Europe”.. Earlier in the day, the Kremlin had taken the view that the Republican had, during the campaign, sent “positive signals” regarding the conflict, as he mentioned a possible “peace and showed no “will to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia”.
According to Washington PostDonald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed the goal of peace on the European continent, and Donald Trump said he hoped to have follow-up conversations to discuss “resolving the war in Ukraine soon.”. This was the first telephone conversation between the two men since Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Tuesday. Donald Trump also reportedly reminded Vladimir Putin of the scale of the US military presence in Europe.
Trump-Zelensky exchange
Highly critical of the billions of dollars released for Ukraine, Donald Trump had with Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.. An exchange in which billionaire Elon Musk took part. The Ukrainian president had described the telephone exchange as“excellent”. and had “agreed to maintain a close dialogue”. with Donald Trump. But according to a senior Ukrainian source, the two leaders did not “not really discussed anything substantial, it was a conversation to greet each other.”.
Foreign policy issues will be on the menu when Joe Biden and Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday to begin the handover of power. The United States will spend the remaining six billion dollars earmarked for Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office to power, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, warning of the risks of ending American support for Kiev.
Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, has regularly claimed that he can end the war in Ukraine. “in a day”without ever detailing how this would be achieved. But this could probably involve an agreement that would require Kiev to cede part of its territory to Moscow, a concession impossible to envisage on the Ukrainian side. This question was raised during the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to the Washington Post.