INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and some kind of arrangement that would sideline the Ukraine issue for a while
said.Along with the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said Thursday that Russia also wanted to discuss European security in any negotiations with the
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied Thursday that Trump's efforts to seek an end to the Ukraine war were a "betrayal" of Ukraine.Yet
and Putin as a signal that Ukraine could be left out of negotiations on its own fate nearly three years since being invaded by Russia.German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday a deal to end the Ukraine war should not be imposed on Kyiv, while Defense Minister Boris Pistorius
said it was "regrettable" that Washington had made "concessions" to Russia before peace talks on Ukraine had even started.Kyiv School of
Economics President Tymofiy Mylovanov said that Ukraine had been unwilling to accept the possibility of U.S
military and political backing dwindling."We have always lived in this reality
But we didn't want to admit it," the respected political analyst wrote on social media."[Former U.S
President Joe] Biden supported the continuation of the war but did not provide sufficient assistance," the respected political commentator
wrote on social media."Trump supports the end of the war but will not provide sufficient assistance either," Mylovanov added.Pro-Kremlin
during his first term in office, said the U.S
Bolton said.In his turn, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday he had had a "meaningful conversation" with Trump, who
"briefed us on his conversation with Putin" and added that he was "grateful to President Trump for his interest in what we can accomplish
together."Zelensky stressed to Trump that the war must end "in a just peace," Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine's presidential office, said in
Yermak added that Ukraine's "independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty" cannot be subject to any compromise and that the two sides
were working on organizing a personal meeting between Zelensky and Trump.Some experts argued that a deal with the U.S
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, wrote in an op-ed for The Moscow Times.According to Radchenko, Putin would likely
he added.AFP contributed reporting.
