Only a climate of tension between and do not capture snapshots of the visit of his special envoy to Moscow. On the contrary, the cordial handshakes and smiles were left at Steven Witkov’s meetings with the president and other Russian officials. Instead of the conflicting climate, which was seen by Western commentators, it seems that it came to the table and a US -Russian summit was agreed in the near future.
According to the New York Times, Trump intends to meet Putin, even in the following week, while also planning a tripartite meeting with Russian and presidents. Once this information is confirmed, European leaders will be on the sidelines of a historical negotiation for the future of Epirus, although they have committed to paying the Americans a heavy price for their safety through NATO.
It is assumed that the US president’s ultimatum in the Kremlin is exhausted tomorrow to agree to a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, otherwise Washington will impose 100% duties on countries buying Russian oil to punish them. For its part, Moscow believes that any new sanctions are manageable, as are Trump’s recent “crowns” for the movement of US “nuclear submarines”. But it seems that all these threats were steps in the tango of the negotiation between Washington and Moscow.
The Kremlin described Putin’s three -hour talks with the American envoy as “useful and constructive”. As Witkov returned to Washington by air, to give his report to Trump, a White House official said last night that “the meeting went well and the Russians are willing to continue cooperation”, but the sanctions will be imposed.
However, in the post that Trump himself posted on his Truth Social account did not make the slightest reference to new sanctions. He noted that the Putin -Whitkov meeting was “very productive”, that “great progress was made” for which he informed “some of the European allies”. “Everyone agrees that this war must end. We will work in this direction in the coming days and weeks, “Trump added, leaving aside the ultimatums and sanctions.
President Putin uses the summer attack and the slow but steady advance of the Russian army in eastern Ukraine as a lever. According to Western analysts estimates, the Russian president is not going to discuss a ceasefire unless he understands other territories of the regions, which he has announced the annexation. The Russians hold the whole of Luhansk, most of Donetsk, as well as over half of the Zaporizia and Hersonas regions.
Another main goal of Putin, NATO’s non -integration of Ukraine, has also been partially achieved, as evidenced by statements by Trump and European leaders. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski expects an “honest end” of the war, with erased painful compromises. All this, provided that the Trump -Putin meeting takes place.
Probably what remains to be agreed between the US and Russia is a wider security system in which the ambitions for Europe’s autonomy are buried, while the Middle East is considered a “regional” problem. To then devote the US to dealing with the “Chinese threat”.
