European and Ukrainian officials fear that US President Donald Trump could take advantage of small progress in negotiations between Kiev and Moscow to back out of them. This is written by the British Financial Times, referring to representatives familiar with the interviews, TASR reports.
Trump originally promised that the war in Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia in February 2022, would end within 24 hours. According to FT, his surrender to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kiev pressure attempts did not receive support for a 30 -day ceasefire proposal – not to mention the permanent stopping of the fighting.
After negotiations with the US party in recent days, European and Ukrainian officials are convinced that Trump is ready to use any breakthrough this week even if it does not mean long -term conflict settlementthey stated sources. On Tuesday, 100 days will pass from Trump’s return to the White House.
Trump “prepares the situation in which he makes pretext to leave and leave it in Ukraine and us (Europe) to solve it”said one European official. Putin’s unwillingness to approach the key requirements of Washington and Kiev and the complexity of the conflict, according to unnamed officials, forced the US President to review his attitude to reach the peace agreement.
Members of the US administration have made it clear in recent days that without clear signals that The peace agreement can be reached, they will stop striving for mediation. US diplomacy chief Marco Rubio indicated on Sunday that this week will be crucial To end the war in Ukraine and the United States, they will have to decide whether they will continue their efforts or focus on other priorities.
US officials have begun to be concerned by FT that There are no results from negotiations with Russiaand therefore began to present ideas for an agreement that would fit into Trump’s plan quickly to end the war.
Despite the fact that Trump praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny over the weekend and criticized Putin for attacks on Ukrainian citiesconsiders the Ukrainian high -ranking representative to be a real possibility that Trump will leave the negotiations.
Russia has harden its conditions on Monday – Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow considers Moscow “International Recognition” annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and four other Ukrainian regions under the “necessary condition” for any agreement.
“There are serious concerns in Ukraine that Trump could leave negotiations about a ceasefire,” He told the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament Committee for Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Merežko “The worst that can happen in relationships between the US and Ukraine is when Trump loses any interest in Ukraine,” he added.
According to the British daily, Kiev began to be silent in silence that in the case of withdrawal, the US will proceed separately by increasing domestic weapons production and intensifying negotiations with European allies on future aid.
