Ukraine denied that her forces surrounded her forces, describing the claim as a Russian fabrication, but President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday described the situation in Ukrainian forces there as “very difficult.”
Trump wrote on the social media that he asked Russian presidents to spare the lives of thousands of Ukrainians who said “completely surrounded” and vulnerable.
“I was very much looking for President Putin to save their life. This would be a terrible massacre, one is not seen since World War II,” he said.
Putin, addressing his Security Council, said he read Trump’s appeal and understood the call to Trump to take into account humanitarian considerations.
“In that sense, I would like to emphasize that if (Ukrainian troops) descend weapons and surrender, life and polite treatment will be guaranteed in accordance with the international law and the laws of the Russian Federation,” Putin said.
“For the effective implementation of the U.S. president’s appeal, an appropriate order from the Military Political Management of Ukraine is needed for its military units to place their hands and surrender.”
Ukrainian forces in Russia Kursk In recent days, they were in growing pressure, with a Russian counteroffective pile that most countries caught there last summer, denying Kiev vital lever point across Moscow in any potential negotiations on the truce.
Russian troops also crossed the border on the Ukrainian territory in the dishwasher facing the coat.
Recommendations of negotiations
Trump comments come after his eastern Envoy Steve Witkoff talked with Putin in Moscow on Thursday about the US proposal for a 30-day temporary fire.
Kyiv said he was willing to accept the proposal, while Putin said on Thursday that he supported the idea of treasures, but he introduced it Series of conditions It should be fulfilled before Moscow would agree to a truce.
Trump described the conversations as “very good and productive” and said there was a “very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally end.”
Zelenskyy said he saw a good opportunity to interrupt war With Russia and invited the United States and other allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
“We have a good chance now that we finish this war quickly and secured peace. We have a solid security understanding with our European partners,” Zelenskyy said on X.
Speaking with journalists, he reiterated his belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin would postpone the truce as long as possible.
“If there is a strong response from the United States, they will not allow them to play around. And if there are the steps that Russia is not afraid, the process will delay the process,” Zelensky said.
Kremlja spokeswoman Sand on Friday told reporters that Putin – who expressed concern that Ukraine would use any truce for regrouping – he used a late-night meeting with Trump.
“It is certainly reasons to be carefully optimistic,” Sand, “(Putin) said that he supports President Trump’s position in terms of settlement, but expressed some questions to be answered together”
Sands said that the weather call will be relept in the president after Witkoff met Trump.
Putin said that he wants Ukraine to discharge his ambitions to join NATO, Russia to control the integrity of the four Ukrainian regions that claimed as its own, and the size of the Ukrainian army.
He also made it clear that he wanted to be mitigated in Ukraine and the presidential elections in Ukraine, who says Kyiv, while the martial law remained in force.
Tony Brenton, the former British Ambassador in Russia said that the war in Ukraine began catastrophic for the Russians and costs both the crumbling a lot of money, leaving Putin to “draft the conclusion to his people.”
“But there are some Russian worries about it. First of all, they beat that battle and may not be done before the ceasefire gets into effect … you should have some kind of system … who is police,” he said.
“So there are delays and negotiations in these terms to be allowed to calm down in place,” he said.
“I think there is a real chance … that it can be optimistic that we will get a break fire … In the next few weeks, it will be negotiating in the long-term peace,” he added.
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