President Donald Trump said he could meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this month. He dismissed Ukraine's concern for being out of the conversations and insisted that the war had been avoidable under his mandate.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he could meet with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, this month and dismissed Ukraine's concern for being out of the Russian-American conversations in Saudi Arabia On the end of the Ukraine War.
“Probably,” Trump said at the end of a press conference at his Mar-A-Lago club, in Palm Beach, when he was asked if he was still waiting to meet Putin before the end of the month.
By informing journalists about Conversations between the United States and Russia in Riyadh Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the two parties did not establish a date for a Trump-Poutin summit to discuss Ukraine.
Trump spoke for the first time since an American delegation established a work dialogue with Russia about Ukraine during the conversations held in Riad early in the day.
He left kyiv's concern for having been out of the meeting, saying that he could have reached an agreement with Russia three years ago to avoid Moscow's invasion.
“Today I heard 'Oh we were not guests.
Sean Savett, who was spokesman for the White House National Security Council under the mandate of former president Joe Biden, said in a publication on the social networks that Russia began the war.
“It sounds as if Trump had bought Putin's propaganda completely,” he said. “A reminder that nobody should need: Putin began the war invading Ukraine without provocation and their forces have committed war crimes against the Ukrainian people. Russia is the responsible part of this war continuing.”
Trump also lashed out against Biden for his management of Ukraine. Biden worked to ensure that Ukraine had arms to try to fight Russian invaders.
“I think I have the power to end this war,” Trump said.
The American president added that Ukraine should hold elections. “That is not a thing of Russia, it is something that comes from me and that also comes from many other countries,” he explained.
On the other hand, he said that Europeans would not be opposed if they want to send peace maintenance to Ukraine.
European leaders have discussed the sending of peace troops to provide security guarantees in case of a peace agreement.
“Having troops there would be fine, I wouldn't oppose me at all,” Trump said.