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After a two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on May 19, US president Donald Trump took to social media to declare that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations” towards a ceasefire and an end to the war. He did, however, add that the conditions for peace “will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be”.
With the Vatican, according to Trump, “very interested in hosting the negotiations” and European leaders duly informed, it seems clear that the US has effectively abandoned its stalled mediation efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
It was always a possibility that Trump could walk away from the war, despite previous claims he could end it in 24 hours. This only became more likely on May 16, when the first face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia for more than three years predictably ended without a ceasefire agreement.
When Trump announced shortly afterwards that he would be speaking to his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts by phone a few days later, he effectively mounted the beginning of a rearguard action. This was further underlined when, shortly before the Trump-Putin call, Vice-President J.D. Vance, explicitly told reporters that the US could end its shuttle diplomacy.
Anonymous
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The meagre outcomes of the talks between Russia and Ukraine – as well as between Trump and Putin – are not surprising. Russia is clearly not ready for any concessions yet. It keeps insisting that Ukraine accept its maximalist demands of territorial concessions and future neutrality.
Anonymous
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Trump is on record as saying that there would be no progress towards peace in Ukraine until he and Putin get together. But it is worth bearing mind that very little movement towards a ceasefire in Ukraine – let alone a peace agreement – occurred after the last phone call between the two presidents in February.
Anonymous
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In a world that has been in flux since Trump’s return to the White House, these are some of the emerging constants. And they make a US-Russia reset highly improbable.
Anonymous
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it's almost like trump is entirely dedicated to enriching himself at america's sake
Anonymous
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That works out, since his plan never included peace in Ukraine. It was to make the slightest minimum of effort to look like he was doing something, let Putin move into Kyiv, and say, "Well, we did the best we could." And then launch into a five minute rant about how Biden wouldn't have held out this long and in 100 days he's done more for this country than the negress ever could.
Anonymous
Why would Putin take anything Trump promise for the future when all can change in 2028?
Anonymous
>>1407270 >This is Putin playing the clock Except the clock's against them because they've been burning through their materiel faster than they can replace it this whole war even with their economy converted to a wartime economy.
They either slow down or they start to run out of parts of their army by years end. Being on the offense might be good for land gains, but it's terrible for their military. As it turns out, charging into artillery lines and trenches without achieving strategic gains is bad actually.
Anonymous
>>1407291 Ukraine doesn't get much aid anymore.
Russia can easily win war of attrition. Besides, North Korean are ready to burn through their own manpower for Russia's sake.
I can find Ucrane on a map
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>>1407292 >Ukraine doesn't get much aid anymore. But at least Ucrane gets to keep all those rare earths. And the English are going to donate some Land rovers, and the French from Porsches and the Germans
some VW s.
