Donald Trump expresses dissatisfaction with the Ukraine war and hints at a major decision within two weeks.
Trump’s Response to Russia’s Attack on Flex Ukraine Factory
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump was asked to comment on Thursday’s Russian attack on the Flex Ukraine factory in Mukachevo. The facility belongs to an American consortium, and 23 people were injured. “I am not satisfied with this and not satisfied with anything related to this war,” the politician stated [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/polityka/0,0.html#anchorLink]. “We’ll see what happens. I think in the next two weeks I’ll know which way it’s going. Then I’ll decide what we’ll do. This will be a very important decision—whether it’s huge sanctions, huge tariffs, both, or nothing and we say it’s ‘your problem,'” Trump emphasized.
Zelenskyy: Russians Are Doing Everything to Prevent Meetings
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte that the U.S. is prepared to participate in security guarantees for Ukraine, achieving such readiness for the first time. He noted that negotiations are ongoing about the specific terms of these guarantees. “They should be guarantees in the spirit of Article 5 of the NATO treaty,” Zelenskyy stated. He also mentioned discussions about the format of meetings with Russia, including bilateral and trilateral talks. “Now we see that the Russians are doing everything to prevent any meetings. (…) We really need strong sanctions if they don’t agree to a diplomatic resolution of this war,” he underscored.
Putin-Zelenskyy Summit Under Question
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told NBC News on Friday that a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not currently planned. “Putin is ready to meet Zelenskyy when the summit agenda is ready. But the agenda is not ready at all yet,” Lavrov insisted [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/ministerstwo-spraw-zagranicznych#anchorLink] [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/siergiej-lawrow#anchorLink].
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