by Admin
Jan 10, 2025
Donald Trump has revealed that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump has promised to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine shortly after he ascends office on January 20 and has further expressed skepticism about the United States military and financial support for Kyiv.
The President-elect made this known on Thursday afternoon at his Mar-la-go resort in Florida, he said “He wants to meet and we are setting it up, President Putin wants to meet”. He reiterated to reporters who were present to discuss his stance on the wildfire ravaging California.
Donald Trump said he had a private telephone conversation with the Russian president who told him that “He has said that even publicly and we have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody mess.”
However, the Kremlin has announced that they are open to a new conversation with the incoming administration after the Joe Biden administration closed all communication with Russia in the past two years.
A spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry stated on Friday that the Ukrainians are anticipating high-level discussions with the Donald Trump administration after his inauguration.
The meeting will formally bring Donald Trump, the Ukrainian President Volodyomr Zelensky to a round table to discuss the future of Ukraine and the stance of the new United States President on the war which is in its third year.
After Donald Trump’s election victory in November, Zelensky expressed his belief that the war would “end sooner” under Trump’s presidency than it would have otherwise.
The Ukrainian President mentioned that they had a “constructive exchange” during a phone call, but he did not disclose whether Trump had made any demands related to the discussion about Russia.
The president-elect has nominated Keith Kellogg, a former national security adviser and retired lieutenant general in the United States military, to serve as a special envoy to Ukraine and Russia for his second administration.
Kellogg in April 2024 released a proposed plan on how to end the war in Ukraine, in his proposal the former national security adviser suggested that Ukraine should receive additional U.S. aid only if it agreed to engage in peace talks with Moscow.
However, the document also indicated that if Moscow refused to participate, the U.S. should continue providing aid to Ukraine.