Several countries have offered to host talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President-elect Donald Trump, according to Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov on Monday (23).
However, Ushakov did not specify which nations would like to host the possible meeting.
Trump has said he wants to quickly end the war in Ukraine, although he has not yet publicly disclosed how he plans to do so.
Putin, in turn, stated on Thursday (19) that he is ready to reach an agreement on Ukraine in possible talks with Trump, but that there are no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities.
Still, the head of state considered that any talks must take as a starting point a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the first weeks of the war in talks in Istanbul, which was never implemented.
Many Ukrainian politicians consider this draft deal akin to a capitulation that would have neutralized Ukraine’s military and political ambitions and say they do not believe Putin is ready to reach a deal that would also be acceptable to Kiev.
Understand the war between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory from three fronts: through the Russian border, through Crimea and through Belarus, a country that is a strong ally of the Kremlin.
Forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin made significant advances in the first few days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain control of Kiev, even though the city was also attacked. The invasion was criticized internationally and the Kremlin was the target of Western economic sanctions.
In October 2024, after thousands of deaths, the war in Ukraine entered what analysts describe as its most dangerous moment yet.
Tensions rose when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile during an attack on Ukrainian soil. The projectile carried conventional warheads, but is capable of carrying nuclear material.
The launch took place after Ukraine launched an offensive inside Russian territory using weapons manufactured by Western powers, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Western intelligence reports that Russia is using North Korean troops in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow and Pyongyang neither deny nor confirm the report.
President Vladimir Putin, who replaced his defense minister in May, has said that Russian forces are advancing much more effectively — and that Russia will achieve all of its objectives in Ukraine, although he did not elaborate.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he believes Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and to expel Ukrainian troops from Russia’s Kursk region, which they have controlled parts of since August. .
This content was originally published in Countries offered to host a conversation between Putin and Trump, says advisor on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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