US President Donald Trump retreated this Tuesday (25) from the deadline he had set for Ukraine to agree to a US-backed peace plan.
When asked by journalists about the deadline he had given to , Trump said: “The deadline for me is when this is over.”
The American president stated that American negotiators were making progress in discussions with the Russia ea Ukraineand that Moscow had agreed to some .
He said his envoy, Steve Witkoff, would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was also involved.
In recent days, Trump had defined the holiday of Thanksgivingon Thursday (27), as the day he wanted Ukraine to agree to a deal to end the war in Eastern Europe.
But he and his advisers have backed away from the idea of a definitive deadline and now say they would like an “agreement as quickly as possible.”
Trump said it appeared Russia had the upper hand in the war and that it would be in Ukraine’s best interests to reach a deal.
He said part of Ukrainian territory “could be taken over anyway” in the coming months.
“This war could go on for years, and Russia has a lot more people, a lot more soldiers. So I think if Ukraine can come to an agreement, it would be great. I think it’s great for both sides, frankly,” Trump said.
