The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said that low oil prices will probably drive Russia to accept fire in Ukraine. “I think we will have a truce due to the low price of oil,” Trump said, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
The US president made this statement in response to a question of Fox News on whether I could convince the Russian authorities to accept a truce. Trump expressed his hope that he will advance in the agreement on Ukraine. “I think something has to happen here. We have done a good job,” he said, as published by the media .
The president of the European Executive, Ursula von der Leyen, and the high representative of the EU for foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, detailed last month the community proposal for the 18th round of sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, which will include, among other measures, new initiatives to cut the energy income of the Kremlin.
The European Commission has proposed to reduce $ 45, from the current 60 dollars, the top price to the Russian crude barrel, within the framework of the new batch of sanctions against Russia that seeks to redouble the pressure against Moscow due to the lack of will to negotiate a high fire in Ukraine.
“Our message is very clear. This war must end. We need a real fire and Russia has to go to the negotiating table with a serious proposal,” said the German conservative, who regretted that Russia has entered into “a war economy and sacrifices the perspectives of the future” of its citizens
In this sense, he stressed that as long as Russia does not demonstrate its willingness to achieve peace in Ukraine, the EU “will intensify” the pressure on the Kremlin with the objective of a high fire that leads to a “genuine” dialogue for the end of hostilities. Along the same lines, Kallas indicated that, by the hand of the United States, the block can force Putin to “negotiate seriously”, after regretting that the Kremlin “lies to the world” about its intentions. “It is clear that Russia does not want peace and nothing suggests that she is prepared for peace,” he warned.
