Russian war of attack: Trump doubts Putin’s will to end the war

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens Russia after his meeting with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj with sanctions and expresses doubts about the willingness of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to want to end war in Ukraine. On the return flight from Rome to the USA on his online language tube, Trump wrote Truth Social that Putin had no reason to fire rockets in civilian areas, cities and villages in Ukraine in the past few days. “It makes me think: Maybe he doesn’t want to end the war at all, but only keeps me – and has to be treated differently (…),” continues Trump.

The US President named so-called secondary sanctions, i.e. measures against third countries, companies or individuals who continue to do business with Russia. He also indicated that he wanted to continue to cut Russia from the international banking system. They are unusually sharp words that Trump now loses through Putin. Just a few hours earlier he had come together in Rome on the sidelines of the funeral service for Pope Francis for a conversation with Selenskyj. The white house described the meeting as “very productive”.

Crimean peninsula again and again in negotiations

It was the first meeting of the two statesmen after a scandal in the White House at the end of February. In his contribution to Truth Social, Trump also emphasized that a return of the Crimea peninsula to Ukraine in 2014 from Russia was a “ridiculous demands”. The Republican wrote again that the war could never have started and would not have been started if he had been president at the time.

Trump wants to end the Russian attack war in Ukraine and also get Selenskyj concessions. Selenskyj had so far categorically rejected a waiver of the Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea or other areas incorporated by Moscow in the east of Ukraine. On Friday, Trump wrote after talks from his special sent Steve Witkoff in Moscow that the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine was on the verge of a result.

Putin not in Rome at the funeral service

Russia was only represented at the funeral service in Rome with Minister of Culture Olga Ljubimowa. The leadership in Moscow speaks of progress in the negotiations with Washington, but points out that detailed questions should still be clarified for the termination of the war.

After the talks with Witkoff, Moscow had once again opened openly for direct negotiations with Ukraine – as at the beginning of the Russian attack war 2022. So far, Kremlin chief Putin has always asked for Selenskyj to withdraw his decree, which prohibits such negotiations.