Trump, en route to Alaska, hints at tougher line with Putin on Ukraine
Anchorage – President Trump is going to Alaska. high betting summit With Vladimir Putin, he shows that he will get a harder line with the Russian leader in exchange for a ceasefire in Ukraine after three ruthless war.
Talk to journalists At Air Force OneTrump said that if Putin’s negotiations in Anchorage cannot make progress towards peace today, he would face “economically violent” results. He said he could only decide whether Ukraine would be in Moscow. And as long as they are under NATO membership for the surrounded nation, he said that he supported US security guarantees in any future peace agreement.
“Yes, it would be very violent, Tr Trump said. “Very violent.”
Putin, traveling from Moscow, brings several Russian business leaders according to Kremlin, a sign that he hopes to start discussions with Washington. However, Trump said he would not discuss business opportunities until the war settled.
This is a position that would relieve the Allies to get to Putin with a firm hand after the raid of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, for months to prepare to make concessions to Moscow.
Zelensky was not invited to Alaska negotiations. However, Trump said that he hoped that his meeting on Friday would lead to direct talks.
Trump said that a peace agreement in recent days would include “replacement” of a potential land in Kiev. The Ukrainian Constitution prohibits regional concessions without supporting the public referendum.
“They will be discussed, but I have to let Ukraine make this decision,” the President said from the terrain swaps. “I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine. I’m here to get them on the table.”
Trump will host Putin at the Elmedorf Air Force Base in Anchorage on Friday, the first meeting between the US and Russian President since 2021.
Russian Foreign Ministry officials said in a statement on Wednesday that Putin’s war targets remained “unchanged”. And this week, an aggressive Russian progress along the fronts proved to military analysts that Moscow was not a ceasefire implementation plan.
The two leaders are expected to greet each other on the asphalt before they are gathered specially. Later, according to the White House, they will have a lunch meeting with their assistants and then they will be a news conference.
