US President declares believing in agreement and cites “air support”; Declaration provokes questions about future meeting with Russian and Zelensky
US President Donald Trump (Republican Party) said the Russian President (independent, left) may not be interested in making a deal to end the war in Ukraine. The statement was made in an interview with Fox News published this Thursday (19.ago.2025).
The statement came after this Monday (18.ago), in Washington DC, between Trump, the Ukrainian President (servant of the people, center) and other European leaders.
Without presenting details, Trump again stated that Putin will face a “difficult situation” if peace discussions do not advance. “Putin is tired of this war. But let’s find out more in the coming weeks… It is possible that he doesn’t want to close a deal“.
HAS Fox News, Trump also said it is “I need 2 to dance a tango”For the Republican, Putin and Zelensky need to have some kind of relationship.Otherwise, we are just wasting time. […] If I can save 7,000 people from being killed a week, I want to try and go to the sky if possible”He said.
Ukraine and countries such as France and the United Kingdom wanted a European peace force on soil, as Russia vetoed. Without citing more information, Trump said the US was willing to help “if we talk about air support, because no one has the things we fears”.
The US President said he believed that Zelensky “It will do whatever it takes” to end the conflict. ; The meeting venue has not yet been defined. According to the agency France PressThe Russians suggested Moscow, a proposal rejected by Zelensky.
The republican’s speech causes doubts about the perspective of an effective agreement to cease the conflict. As requested by European leaders, “but not [nos moldes] NATO”Ukrainian military neutrality was the main reason alleged by Russia to invade the neighboring country ,.
