His expert envoy, Steve Whitkov, said today that he expects the US president to talk to his Russian counterpart this week.
In an interview with CNN after the “positive conversations”, as he described them, he had with Putin in Moscow, Witkov appeared optimistic that we will “see real progress” to end the war between and.
Putin “accepts Trump’s philosophy, Trump wants an end to war,” he said.
Whitkov also said that their negotiating teams will meet this week with the Ukrainians and the Russians.
It is recalled that earlier, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavov contacted his American confessor Mark Rubio, where they talked about the next steps to be taken on the Ukraine front, after the first meeting in the US and the 30 -day proposal for the US.
Putin reservations
However, the Russian president expressed reservations and raised conditions, listing issues that need clarification, making sure not completely rejecting the Trump initiative.
Last Saturday, during a teleconference organized by the British prime minister with about 25 leaders of states and organizations supporting Ukraine, the so -called “alliance of willing” decided to exert “collective pressure” in Russia in order to oblige it to accept it.
“The ball is on the Russian stadium,” which “sooner or later should get involved in serious talks,” said British Prime Minister Kir Starmer, who thinks Putin “is trying to get stuck” to continue the war.
‘Russia will not do back’
At the same time, and according to a report by the Washington Post, the US Secret Services believe that Russia is not going to be back in Ukraine’s claims, questioning whether the Russian president is willing to end the war.
For its part, Russia remains in the terms it has put on the truce, with the situation in the, visited by Vladimir Putin, to give the mark of developments.
