Donald Trump attacks Ukraine for not recognizing the Russian occupation of Crimea

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President Donald Trump has attacked the Ukrainian leader of the Loladimir Zelensky for refusing to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea, accusing him of harming peace talks with Moscow.

In a report of social truth on Wednesday, the US president called the situation with Ukraine as “terrible”. “He may have peace or he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country,” – Trump said.

“We are very close to the deal, but a man with” without cards will not play “finally we need to do it,” he added.

Trump responded to the remark Zelenskyy In Kiev on Tuesday, when he told reporters that Ukraine “would not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea”, the Black Sea Peninsula, which Russia joined in 2014 and will still be internationally recognized by the Ukrainian territory. “There’s nothing to talk about here. This is against our Constitution.”

The US president replied that the statement was “very harmful for peaceful negotiations with Russia”, adding that Crimea “was lost many years ago … and not even a discussion point.”

His intervention occurred a few days after the US swimming ideas for a possible resolution war This included Washington, which recognizes Russian control over Crimea, and at least acknowledging the Kremlin’s actual control of four regions in eastern Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaparitzhi and Kherson – which he holds.

Financial Times reported earlier this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested stop your invasion of Ukraine On the current line of the front, he told Steve Vitko, a special envoy of Trump, during a meeting in St. Petersburg this month that Moscow could abandon its claims in the four eastern regions that remain under the control of Kiev.

JD Vance Vice President presented Kyiv with an ultimatum on Wednesday, saying that the United States made “a very obvious proposal” “Russia and Ukraine, adding that” it is time to say “yes” or to get away from this process. ”

“The current lines, somewhere close to them, where you end up, I think you are going to draw new lines in the conflict,” Vnes told reporters in India. He said that it would mean that Kiev and Moscow should abandon the territory, each side rules.

Vnes said that there should be “territorial swaps”, adding that in order to put an end to the war, both parties should “delay the weapon, freeze the case and do business actually build better Russia and better Ukraine.”

Trump and Vens’ statements occurred when Vitkoff and Secretary of State Mark Rubio abruptly canceled their participation in a meeting in London Foreign and National Security Advisers of France, Great Britain and Germany, the so -called E3 and Ukraine. The US Messenger in Ukraine, Keith Kealo, was present.

But Rubio Vitkoff did not reduce the status of a meeting, which some European officials had previously considered confirmation that they finally secured the place at the negotiation table to end the war in Ukraine.

Ever since Trump has called Putin in February and sent Vitko to Saudi Arabia for a direct US-Russian conversation, European countries are worried that they will be postponed in search of a peaceful deal.

An official acquaintance with negotiations in London said that in the UK, France and Germany there is an increasing concern over the hardens of the US position in Ukraine and the loss of Trump patience in the process.

They said the three countries tried to find a landing area for a transaction that would not see Ukraine, which was forced to break all their red lines, but could include some Kiev movement to the territory as the final point of negotiations.

Zelensky has been ready to live with actually Russian control over Crimea and four eastern devices in return for the Western security guarantees.

But with the support of the European capitals, he has consistently refused to formally recognize Russian sovereignty on any territory, saying it would award Moscow’s aggression.

While surveys believe that the Ukrainians are growing support for the war cease, there is a strong counteraction to officially retreat Russia.

European governments say the recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Crimea-first territory in Europe, confiscated by military force since 1945, is undermining the international order based on the rules.

“If America admits, it is a reward for Russia for war, and any aggressor will think, ‘Okay, I can try,’ and Putin will think, ‘Yes, I was right, war is good,” the Ukrainian official said.