Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Safety Council assembly through videoconference on the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday.
Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik Kremlin/AP
conceal caption
toggle caption
Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik Kremlin/AP
MOSCOW — President Trump has been working the telephones on Monday, holding calls with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and European international locations as he continues efforts to barter an finish to the warfare in Ukraine.
Trump mentioned this weekend on social media he would talk about how one can cease the “massacre” between Russia and Ukraine and hoped Monday can be a “productive day” of calls. Vice President Vance mentioned Monday earlier than the calls that talks have been at an “deadlock” and the U.S. was “greater than open to strolling away.”
The telephone diplomacy follows direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul on Friday, the place each side mentioned they’d every exchange 1,000 war prisoners however did not agree on a right away ceasefire. The negotiations in Turkey have been the primary direct talks between Russia and Ukraine for the reason that early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has saved up Russia’s army strain on Ukraine, launching mass drone assaults all through the weekend, together with a barrage on Sunday that Ukrainian authorities mentioned was the most important for the reason that battle started.
On Monday, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt repeated Trump has “grown very annoyed with each side of the battle” however was maintaining his choices open.
As Vice President Vance ready to depart from Italy, he informed reporters, “I feel, actually, President Putin, he would not fairly know how one can get out of the warfare.”
In a weekend interview on Russian state tv, Putin insisted Moscow maintained each the power and means able to assembly its army goals. He mentioned that would come with safety for residents in territories of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed however doesn’t totally management.
Ought to Trump fail to persuade Putin to conform to a right away ceasefire, European leaders have urged Trump to hitch them in imposing an endgame spherical of extra sanctions and tariffs on Russian power and banking.
But analysts in Moscow inform NPR the Kremlin has entered these negotiations satisfied that point and a army benefit are on its aspect.
“Russia at this sure level can proceed its army operations. Sanctions are inflicting hurt however this hurt isn’t essential for macro-economics of Russia,” Ivan Timofeev, head of the Russian Worldwide Affairs Council, mentioned, noting the Russian military is making gradual however regular beneficial properties.
“So in a yr, Ukraine can discover itself in a much less favorable negotiating place,” he added.
It is a growing story and might be up to date.
