Trump: “I think I have a deal with Russia. The problem is Zelenskyy”

Although an agreement is “very close” with Moscow, discussions are more difficult with those who “do not have cards in hand.”

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, He said on Wednesday he thinks he had a “agreement with Russia” to end the war in Ukraine, stating that Ukrainian homologist Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been a barrier to negotiations: “We have to reach an agreement with Zelenskyy, but so far it has been more difficult”he added to the press at the White House, the US President.

In Washington, Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart of blocking conversations designed to end the war began by Russia in February 2022.

“I think I have a deal with Russia”said the US President.

Although an agreement is “very close” and has even been reached with Moscow, the discussions are revealing “Most Difficult” with the head of state Ukrainian, said Trump.

Kiev’s refusal to accept US conditions for the end of the conflict “It will only extend the killing”warned the Republican.

At the center of this tension is the question of the Crimea, Annexed by Russia in 2014 and according to a Donald Trump publication on its Truth social network, the territory is “lost” to Ukraine.

Trump warned that Zelenskyy “may have peace or can fight for another three years before losing the whole country.” “We are very close to an agreement, but this man, who does not have the cards in hand, has to conclude him”he said.

“A Ukraine will always act in accordance with its constitutionand we are fully confident that our partners, and in particular the United States, will act according to their solid decisions, ”Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, adding that” no country can change the borders of another by force. “

Recognize

According to the US channel, which cites a diplomatic source, the American proposal that caused the impasse in negotiations includes the Recognition of Russia’s annexation on Crimeaalong with a ceasefire along the front lines of the war.

Any initiative to recognize Crimea’s control by Russia would reversed a decade of US politics.

On Tuesday, before the talks that are taking place in London with US, European and Ukrainian representatives, Zelensky excluded any assignment from Ukrainian territory to Russia in an agreement.

“There is nothing to say – it is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,” said Zelenskyy.

Trump criticized this statement ”, which he considered “Very harmful for peace negotiations with Russia. ”

“Inflamed statements Like Zelenskyy ”are making it difficult to resolve the war, he said.

“The situation of Ukraine is terrible – [Zelenskyy] may have peace or can fight for another three years before losing the whole country“Trump wrote.

The comments were made following the level reduction of the next meeting in London on the conflict, with the absence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Rubio would no longer participate in discussions with Ukrainian, British and European employees due to “logistical issues.”

Cited by CNN, an American official and two European diplomats near the negotiations said Rubio will be absent because Administration did not feel being at a decisive point in ongoing conversations.