ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump said that Russia and Ukraine “Very close to the agreement”, Hours after his envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin held conversations in Moscow.
Trump said that he was a “good day” negotiations, while Kremlin described the conversations – which Ukraine was not present – as “constructive”.
Earlier, Trump told Social Media that “most main points agrees”, and called for Russia and Ukraine to meet “at very high levels” and “to complete it (agreement)”.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his video address late on Friday that “real pressure on Russia” is needed to accept unconditional ceasefire.
Earlier in Dan, Zelensky said BBC to make territorial issues between Kiev and Moscow could talk if “complete and unconditional ceasefire” was agreed.
Reports suggest that Ukraine will be expected to give up on large parts of the country that Russia has attached under the US peace proposal.
Trump – who talked to reporters as he arrived in Rome for Saturday Pope Francis – he said he would support Russia to hold the Crimean peninsula, which is Moscow in 2014. year in 2014. Years. Greensky rejects this idea.
Russia has launched a full invasion in Ukraine 2022. years, and Moscow currently controls almost 20% of Ukrainian territory.
On Friday, the turnover was stopped in Moscow, as a convoy of cars worn by Witkoff arrived in front of the high-level conversation, fourth such a visit made it in Russia since the beginning of the year.
Three-hour conversations are described as “very useful” Putin Aide Yuri Ushakov.
It brought “Russian and American positions closer together, not only in Ukraine, but also in a series of other international issues,” he said.
“In particular, in the Ukrainian crisis, the possibility of continuing direct talks between the Russian and the Ukrainian representative,” he added.
AFPEarlier this week, Putin signaled for the first time since the early stages of war That he was open to conversations with Zelenia.
It was believed that his remarks were in response to the proposal of the Ukrainian president at the 30th of the Easter truce to extend 30 days. A truce has not yet been agreed.
Kyiv is at the entrance end of the growing pressure from Trump to accept territorial concessions as part of the Treaty Agreement to complete the war.
Crimea has become certain lights.
Zelensky repeatedly rejected the idea of ​​recognizing the peninsula within Russia, speaking journalists in Kiev on Friday: “Our position is unchanged – only Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territories of Ukraine.”
However, in the later remarks, the BBC was proposed to “complete and unconditional ceasefire open the possibility of all discussion of everything.”
Also sent the comments of Trump in Interview with the timesheetIn which US president said that “Krim would stay with Russia.”
“Who President Trump said True, and I agree with him in that today we do not have enough weapons to return control over Crimean peninsula,” Zelsky said.
Washington’s peace plan is not publicly published, but reports suggest that the Russia preserves the country he has acquired – the situation in Moscow.
On Friday, the Reuters News Agency reported that he had seen American proposals in European officials last week, as well as the next counter proposals from Europe and Ukraine.
It was said that there are significant differences between them.
The American offer offers the American legal acceptance of the Illegal annexation of Russia Crimea and de facto recognition of the Russian control of other occupied areas, including all the Luhanska region.
In contrast, Europeans and Ukrainians will only discuss what happens to the occupied Ukrainian territory after being calms into force.
The US plan also excludes Membership in Ukraine in NATO Military Union, says Reuters.
As a meeting took place between Witkoff and Putin, Trump claimed that the talks went in the right direction.
“They are meeting with Putin at the moment, as we are saying, and in the end, in the end we end up with a lot of good offers, including tariff offers and trade offers,” the USA told reporters.
He said his goal led to the end of the fight in Ukraine, who said they were looking for lives 5,000 Ukrainian and Russians in the week, adding that he had believed “peace contract.
Trump also said that Zelensky did not sign “Final Papers in Very Important Rare Countries Contract with the United States”.
“It is late for at least three weeks,” he said, adding to hope that “immediately” would be signed.
He discussed the mineral agreement for a long time, which would give us a share in the heavy natural deposits of natural resources in Ukraine, should be signed in February, but was betrayed after the acimonic encounter of Trump and Zelenia in Washington.
Russia and Ukraine positions in providing a peace treaty still look miles, and not a representative office from Ukraine called to participate in the conversations in Moscow.
Writing on social media on Friday, Zelensky criticized Russia for Failing to agree to the 30-day recircciling fire provided by the 11th March and called the Allies to apply more pressure on it.
“It’s been 45 days since Ukraine agreed to President Trump for silence in heaven, the sea and the front,” he said. “Russia does not reject all this. No pressure can be solved. The pressure on Russia is needed.”
He said Russia was allowed to import rockets from countries such as North Korea, which he said he was used then Deadly missile strike on Kiev On Thursday, who killed 12 people and hurt dozens.
“Insufficient pressure on North Korea and its allies enables them to make such ballistic missiles. The rocket who killed the inhabitants of Kiev contained at least 116 parts of other countries, and unfortunately, they intended forced American companies.
After the attack on Kiev, Trump said “puts a lot of pressure” on both sides to stop war, and addressed the Putin directly in the post on social media, Saying: “Vladimir stop!”
Since then, Trump blamed Kiev to start the war, speaking magazine: “I think what caused the beginning of the war when (Ukraine) began discussing joining NATO.”
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