Trump: Russia's biggest concession would be to stop fighting
US President Donald Trump has said that the Kremlin's principal concession would be simply to stop fighting, speaking in the context of efforts to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Source: Trump during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One, as reported by European Pravda
Quote: "They [the Russians] are making concessions. Their big concession is they stop fighting, and they don't take any more land."
Details: Asked about what possible territorial concessions Ukraine might make for a peaceful settlement, Trump said Ukraine is currently negotiating an end to the war.
Quote: "The way it's going, if you look, it's just moving in one direction. So eventually, that's land that over the next couple of months might be gotten by Russia anyway. So do you want to fight and lose another fifty, sixty thousand people, or do you want to do something now? In some cases, the land is going in the other direction. So, they're negotiating. They're trying to get it done."
Background:
- The US and Ukraine developed a new 19-point peace agreement during the Geneva talks but left the most politically sensitive issues for the countries' presidents to decide.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the US has made "tremendous progress" towards reaching a "peace deal" between Ukraine and Russia, but "there are a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be sorted out."
- CNN learned which specific issues remain under discussion between Ukraine and the US.
Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!