The Kremlin said Monday that US-Russia relations are on the verge of collapse and refused to confirm whether Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to President Donald Trump.
Russian Deputy Minister Sergei Lyabakh told a media conference on Monday that relations with Washington are “balanced on the brink of division,” causing the war in Ukraine to fall into NATO and was occupied. It repeated that it would last until it withdraws from the four regions. Russian army.
In a statement suggesting that Moscow is maintaining a strict negotiating stance, Riabakov said, “We simply need to be mandated… Understand and resolve the issues that are the root cause of the Ukraine crisis. Without a new US administration, to understand and acknowledge the new US administration, the new US administration said it would be. There can’t be an agreement.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spokesman said he and Putin were speaking in the first recognized contacts since 2022 that he and Putin were first recognized in the first recognized contact with Russian leaders, Air Force 1 on Sunday. He said Trump’s comments on the reporter on the same day, saying, “I will not confirm or deny it.”
Referring to his contact with the Russian leader, Trump told reporters: We must let the war end. ”
“I hate seeing all these young people being killed. The soldiers are killed by hundreds of thousands,” he said, but about how many times the two spoke. He refused to provide details and replied, “I shouldn’t say it.”
Comments from Kremlin Trump and a spokesman have come at a critical time for the war in Ukraine, with Kyiv and its European neighbours coming to an end to the conflict that Russia began in full-scale invasion three years ago. We are nervously waiting for details of Trump’s peace plan to make it.
While inaugurated last month after winning the November election, Trump said he plans to take office and end the war in one day.
“We think this is all part of a careful plan to not release information early,” said Kiel Giles, a senior fellow at the Russian and Eurasia program at London think tank Chatham House. It would be attractive to not bridge this process.”
“Or it could just seem like Trump’s previous promise of immediate action to end the conflict, but in reality there is no plan yet,” he told NBC News.
Giles added that the situation could be clarified later this week. Ukrainian President Voldy Mirzelensky will be attending the famous Munich security conference, which is also attended by senior US officials.
Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz told Meet the Press on Sunday that US officials “discuss the details of how to end this war, which means leading both sides to the table.” He spoke.
He said that Moscow, where Trump is “ready for taxes, tariffs and sanctions,” will bring Putin to the negotiation table, while regaining support for Ukraine and strengthening support for European allies. He added that he would force him to do so.
Ryabkov’s comments today include that Zelenskyy told British broadcaster ITV last week that “we understood that America and Europe would not abandon us, but would support us and provide security assurances,” Russia He came after saying he was ready to hold discussions with.
The Ukrainian leader also told Reuters it was important to meet Trump before negotiations with Putin. Otherwise, “it looks like a dialogue about Ukraine without Ukraine.”
Ukrainian officials said on Monday that a Russian drone attack on Kiev late Sunday injured a woman and injured several homes in the northeastern city of Smie.
