Donald Trump immediately called a ceasefire in Ukraine, a day after meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr ZelenskyyParis saying Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the war with Russia. “There must be an immediate cessation and negotiations must begin. Too many lives needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed,” Trump said in an online post on Sunday. “I know Vladimir well. To do this in his own time. China can help. The world is waiting!” Trump added. Trump said both sides had suffered huge losses in the war, which he claimed on the US election campaign trail could end “in 24 hours” if elected. “Zelenskyy and Ukraine He wanted to act and control the madness,” he added.
Zelenskyy described his discussions with Trump, facilitated by French President Emmanuel Macron, as “constructive”. but nothing more. Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine “needs a just and robust peace that will not destroy the Russians within a few years.” “When we talk about effective peace with Russia, we must first talk about the guarantees of effective peace. Ukrainians want peace above all else. Russia has brought war with our country,” he said Sunday in a post on the Telegram news app. In Zelenskyy’s inner circle there is a growing awareness that when the army stops the fighting on the Russian front, some business will soon be necessary. But they feared that without solid security guarantees from the West, the cessation would be futile.
Like Joe Biden, president-elect Trump made the connection between the unrest in Syria and Russia’s war in Ukraine.noting that the allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been led by Moscow, as well as in Iran, the main sponsor of Hamas and Hezbollah, “in an already weak state”. Trump has suggested that Assad’s support could advance expectations of an end to the fighting in Ukraine.
In an interview on Friday, Trump said he was open to the administration’s decision to reduce aid to Ukraine; which the United States of America has consistently sponsored since its invasion of Russia. “Maybe. Yeah, probably, sure,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press. Trump reiterated his warning to NATO allies that he doesn’t see continued U.S. participation in the alliance for the second time given. if they treat us correctly, the answer is absolutely to stay with Nato. Yeah, absolutely.” He declined to say whether he had spoken to Putin after winning the election in November. “I don’t want to say anything about that because I don’t want to do anything that could interfere with business,” Trump said. with Macron and Zelenskyy over the weekend in Paris.