Donald Trump has said that he and Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, as the secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, said that Ukraine would have to cede territory and reject Nato membership in order to reach a deal.
The rapid entry into negotiations with Russia and open demands that Ukraine concede land will have set alarm bells ringing in Kyiv and among its European allies that the Trump administration will offer minimal resistance to Putin’s demands in order to cut a deal as quickly as possible.
In a social media post, Trump said that held a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with Putin and that they agreed to “have our respective teams start negotiations immediately”.
The worst deal maker is going to head talks to end the war in Ukraine? Ukraine is sooooo fucked.
Ukraine doesn’t have to acknowledge any of it. They are their own nation. Trump is just acting a fool as always
Yeah they can just say piss off to Trump, and take your support with you. We don’t need your help!
They can hold on with EU help alone. That said, it will suck balls, and I winder if the EU can pull its head out of its ass for once.
It might be a case where the EU needs to help Ukraine stick it out long enough for the US to pull its head out of its ass in the next 4 years.
At that point, the war will have been going on for 7 years. Ugh.
By that time there likely won’t be much left of Ukraine. They’ll run out of people eventually while Russia will probably send their elderly, should they have to
Neither side will run out of people, it’s all equipment, and Ukraine et al. is just gearing up properly while the Russians are past their prime.
The question is how will they navigate Trump.
Sounds very optimistic and contradictory to reality, especially today when a European strike force has been called for by Nato