Russian war of attack: What Trump’s conversation with Putin can bring to the Ukraine War

US President Donald Trump and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin want to talk again about the possible termination of the war in Ukraine. So far, Putin has reacted reluctantly to a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. A meeting of the two heads of state is also planned-possibly in Saudi Arabia, but so far without a specific appointment. What can be expected from the conversation on Tuesday – some questions and answers:

There have already been several conversations between Americans and Russians – what is the status so far?

A ceasefire is a long time coming. Last week Putin said that Russia was fundamentally willing to end the fighting – as suggested by Trump. However, he emphasized that conditions should first be fulfilled.

The US specialist Steve Witkoff had traveled to Moscow again last week and had exchanged several hours with the Kremlin chief, as he described in the US broadcaster CNN. A question of Putin’s alleged demands – including the surrender of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian area of ​​Kursk, the international recognition of the areas annexed by Moscow as well as a stop of Western military aids and a ban on foreign peace troops – WIGKOFF. He stated that the differences between the two sides had been reduced and they wanted to further reduce – without revealing details.

According to official information, the planned conversation between Trump and Putin would be the second phone call of the two presidents since Trump’s office in late January.

What goals and offers for Putin does Trump go into the conversation?

Trump continues to push on a ceasefire. Ukraine has so far put his course under pressure, while it remained unclear which specific concessions he demands from Russia. With a view to the ongoing talks, he said on Sunday that they were, among other things, regional claims and power plants. Trump vaguely spoke of a “division of certain goods”. On the one hand, he said that there was a “very good chance” to end the war. On the other hand, he said: “Maybe we will succeed. Maybe not either.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio underlined the US broadcaster CBS that the first step is to stop fighting. “It is difficult to negotiate a permanent end of a war as long as you shoot each other,” said Rubio. Only then could all parties come to a table. It would need “concessions from both sides”.

What is to keep Putin’s willingness to solve the conflict?

Ukraine and its western allies repeat Putin again and again not to be interested in the end of the war, rather he wanted to destroy the attacked country. Russia itself plays a lot of time because it is on the rise – and wants to snatch as much area as possible until a possible event of peace in Ukraine. A ceasefire, however, Putin should also be well paid by Trump – for example with an end to the sanctions.

The Kremlin repeatedly emphasizes the willingness of dialogue and a diplomatic solution to the conflict – but on Putin’s conditions. Russia, as Vice Foreign Minister Sergei Rjabkow said, wants an iron guarantee that Ukraine will never become a NATO member. Moscow’s basic demands also include extensive rights for the remaining Russian -speaking part of the Ukrainian population.

It is also clear that from the Russian perspective, Ukraine would have to do without the parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Cherson and Saporischeschja regions that have been occupied so far, and the Black Sea Peninsula Crimean already annexed in 2014. According to the Russian newspaper “Nesawissimaja Gaseta”, a compromise could be that Putin is deploying from his demand that Ukraine gives up these areas completely.

How does Ukraine react to the conversations between Washington and Moscow?

Kyiv reacts with a mixture of adaptation and despite the new location. On the one hand, consideration of Washington’s feelings is taken and everything is done in order to avoid a new suspension of the US military aids. On the other hand, Kiev tries to blame Moscow the sabotage of a peace conclusion and find new allies.

Despite multiple statements on the US side and also by NATO general secretary Mark Rutte that an access to the defense alliance is off the table, Ukrainian representatives continue to exist. In the interview of the RBK-Ukraine news agency, Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha defiantly said: “NATO cannot be taken from the agenda, that is position number one.” It is the right of his country.

Sybiha also underlined the principle “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine”, which was already ignored by Washington, with which Kiev is required in all conversations. Sybiha also gave a clear rejection of a disarmament of Ukraine required by Moscow.

What does Ukraine have to adjust to in the case of a deal between Trump and Putin?

In addition to the possible loss of a NATO perspective, the country threatens financially difficult times due to the loss of US aid. According to reports, a long -delayed tax reform could now quickly take place to stuff household holes. That should increase the resentment among the population.

Officially, Ukraine will hardly do without its areas occupied by Russia. The demands that the Russians are deducted from all occupied areas are practically silent. Selenskyj speaks less about a victory than a fair and permanent peace and security guarantees for the country.

The crucial question is how Ukraine can be protected after the end of the fights from new Russian attacks. “Ukraine cannot live under the threat of a new attack,” said Selenskyj. As security, he wants a combination of NATO and EU membership, the stationing of European troops and a strong own army.

What is the military situation in the country?

The Ukrainian troops are still under pressure along the over 1,000 km long front line. The bridgehead in the Russian border area of ​​Kursk threatens to be completely lost within the coming days.

With the withdrawal from Kursk, the mood in the country threatens to continue tipping into the negative. The daring advance to Kursk in August last year was primarily due to fighting out a trump card for upcoming negotiations with Russia. This hope now seems to be deceptive.

And the Russian troops try to go back on other supposedly calm front sections. According to reports on both sides, several villages fell into Russian hands in the Saporischschja area near Orichiw. The Russian side also recorded smaller area gains in the Charkiw eastern Ukrainian area.

In the meantime, the front has been initially stabilized at several sections in the Donetsk area, especially at the mining town of Pokrowsk, by Ukrainian troops from the Kursk area. Nevertheless, the military prospects after more than three years of war for Ukraine are currently rather poor.