It has become known when negotiations with Trump may begin
21 January 16:56
Negotiations between the Ukrainian side and the team of the new US President Donald Trump may begin in early February. The head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, David Arakhamia, said this on the air of a telethon, according to Komersant ukrainskyi.
“In early February, there will be a ‘Ukrainian Week’ in Washington, D.C. I think the main processes, the main negotiations with the new Trump team will take place there. So we are waiting,”
– said the MP.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. Sometimes he suggested that this could happen even sooner. Since Trump took office yesterday at around 19:00 Kyiv time, the deadline for his promise expires in a few hours.
During the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The plan was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war and maintain the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, stipulates that Russia retains the territories it temporarily occupies and that Ukraine does not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. The president-elect’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak for Trump.
Currently, the future US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days in which he wants to reach some kind of agreement.
