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Trump Signals Progress in Russia-Ukraine Talks
Confirmed
In Short: In a Sunday Truth Social post, Trump said progress was being made in Russia-Ukraine negotiations and criticized Zelensky's actions.
Former President Donald Trump said in a Sunday Truth Social post that progress was being made in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and he did not want to hinder the advancement.
Trump accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of not wanting to end the war and intentionally targeting Russian diesel refineries, despite the impact on global energy markets.
He also mentioned 'current hostage negotiations' but did not provide details.
Zelensky told NBC he hoped Trump would remain an ally of Ukraine, while also acknowledging that intelligence-sharing had been interrupted but later 'de-blocked'.
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Wall Street Journal that there was no clear understanding yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda.
The Kremlin has suggested holding the trilateral dialogue on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, set to take place on November 18 to 19 in Shenzhen.
Russia's defense ministry said its forces had destroyed 1015 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions, the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, and the Black Sea.
Background
The following is a list of major conflicts fought by Ukraine, by Ukrainians or by regular armies during periods when independent states existed on the modern territory of Ukraine, from the Kievan Rus' times to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Ukraine by Ukrainian military.
What's confirmed
- In a Sunday Truth Social post, Trump said that progress was being made, and he did not want to hinder the advancement.
- “Perhaps more importantly, Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way, and will, unless stupid people get in the way,” he said.
- The president also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of not wanting to end the war and intentionally targeting Russian diesel refineries, despite the impact on global energy markets.
- He also mentioned "current hostage negotiations", apparently referring to prisoners held by the warring sides, but gave no details.
- Zelenskiy "doesn't want to end this war, and probably never did", he wrote.
- "We want to trust him, and I hope that he will change his decisions," Zelenskiy said.
- Zelenskiy told NBC he hoped Trump would remain an ally of Ukraine.
- Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, Zelenskiy said intelligence-sharing had been interrupted but later "de-blocked".
- "There is no clear understanding yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda, although all three parties acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of such a meeting taking place," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Wall Street Journal.
- "If the United States will officially take the side of Russia, of course if these two countries will be together, of course we will not prevail and we will not be able to stand," he said.
- Russia's defence ministry said its forces had destroyed 1015 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions, the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea.
What's still developing
- “Farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all kinds are suffering greatly from this, but Russia is, nevertheless, sending, at a low price, millions of barrels of diesel to the World.” What do YOU think?
- “Lastly, Zelenskyy is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target, knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States,” Trump said.