Donald Trump will have the expected encounter with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, after the Russian president rejected last week a plan of high immediate fire in Ukraine, promoted by the United States, to impose a series of conditions.
The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that both leaders will talk on the phone, after Trump announced his intention to discuss with Putin the end of the war in Ukraine. In addition, the US president made it clear that negotiators They have already addressed the possibility of “dividing certain assets”, including electrical plants.
The Zaporiyia Central
Among them, he specifically mentioned a “power plant” on the border between Ukraine and Russia. No more details were given, but it seems evident that it refers to the Zaporiyia nuclear plant, the largest in Europeunder Russian control. Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other to endanger the security of the plant with their actions.
“We want to see if we can put an end to this war. Maybe we can, maybe not, but I think we have a great opportunity,” Trump said he anticipated: “We will talk about land. We will talk about electric power plants.”
“Yes, it is the case. The conversation is being prepared for Tuesday,” confirmed from the other side the spokesman of the Russian presidency, Dimitri Peskov, in response to the press questions about Trump’s words.
Also, Peskov declined to comment on Trump’s statements regarding the possibility of discussing energy and power plants, including nuclear. “We never anticipated events,” he concluded.
A long negotiation
Last Thursday, an American delegation headed by the American representative for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, met in Moscow with Putin to treat the offer of a high fire of 30 days with Ukraine, agreed this week in Saudi Arabia between Washington and kyiv.
Putin stressed that he is in favor of the truce, but warned that he sees problems in his application and verification and considered desirable to speak with his American counterpart.
The Russian president has demanded to study an end plan of the war, conditions such as the cessation of the Ukrainian rearme, the suspension of Western military aid and the opening of broader negotiations.
Ukraine, who had accepted the truce proposed by Washington, accused Putin of trying to prolong the conflict. The Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, reiterated that the sovereignty of his country is not negotiable and that Russia must return the occupied territories.
Russia has not confirmed whether Putin’s demands include the surrender of Ukrainian forces in Kursk, the recognition of occupied territories such as Russians or the cessation of Western military support.
Meanwhile, from the That is seen with skepticism the Russian posture, as demonstrated at the Foreign Ministers of the block. “Russia’s conditions show that they don’t really want peace,” said a leader.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, also intervened, noting that Russia has no veto power over the deployment of allied forces in Ukraine. “If Ukraine requests allied troops, it does not correspond to Russia to accept or reject it.”
The Trump administration has taken steps to content Putin. Among them, suspend military aid to Ukraine, cut funds for critical media such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, a measure held by the Kremlin.
The Kremlin has also confirmed that both presidents will hold a telephone conversation on Tuesday to treat Washington initiative for a high partial fire in Ukraine.
