Donald Trump It is “disappointed” with Vladimir Putin. Or at least, he said this Thursday in statements during his Visit to the United Kingdomin which he also reiterated his request to Europe to stop buying oil from Russia.
The American president showed his disappointment with his Russian counterpart, who said that “he is killing many people” in Ukraine, in a conflict whose purpose he thought would be easier to negotiate with the head of the Kremlin.
Trump boasted of having “solved seven wars,” but acknowledged feeling frustrated for not being able to have done the same in Ukraine, a war that, “he said,” I thought it would be easier (to stop) for my relationship with President Putin. “
“But he has disappointed me; he really disappointed me,” he said, aforementioned by the agency EFE.
Trump – who has held several telephone conversations with Putin in recent months and met him personally last August in Alaska – acknowledged that, despite his previous impression on a possible resolution of the conflict between Moscow and kyiv, “he never knows in war” and “very opposite things happen to those who thought.”
In addition, he regretted that Putin’s actions are causing many deaths, including those of Russian soldiers, of which he said “are being killed to a greater extent than the Ukrainians.”
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Russian oil veto
As for the issue of Russian oil, Trump reiterated his call to Europe on Thursday to stop buying it. In his opinion, this would cause a fall in its price and the consequent abandonment of war by Moscow.
“It is very simple: if the price of low oil, Putin is going to withdraw. It will not have another option,” he said in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
In this regard, the agency EFE remember That last Sunday the Republican had already asked European countries to harden sanctions against Russia and repeated their requirement for them to buy from oil to Russia, as a measure of pressure for war in Ukraine.
In this way, says the Spanish media, reinforced a message sent to NATO members on Saturday, in which he warned that his government would not impose new sanctions to Moscow while other countries in the block continue to acquire Russian crude oil.
USAs for Ukraine … with European money
For his part, Starmer said that his country is working with the US and other allies to “end the massacre in Ukraine” and said that Putin has shown in recent days “if true face” with the strong attacks on Ukrainian territory and the incursion of Russian drones in Poland.
“Therefore, today we have discussed how we can strengthen our defenses, continue supporting Ukraine and decisively increase the pressure on Putin to accept a lasting peace agreement,” said the United Kingdom Prime Minister.
In this direction, this Friday it transpired that the first game of weapons and military material in the United States, bought by kyiv with European money, already arrived in Ukraine.
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An NATO source told Ukrainian Public Radiotelevision, Suspilne, which in this way four military aid packages have been financed. The first two would have a value of 500 million dollars each, according to President Volodímir Zelenski, who explained that they would include ammunition for patriot antimisile systems and for Himars mobile rocket launches.
According to the president, Ukraine has mobilized for the moment about 2 billion dollars from nations such as Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and Canada, and aspires to obtain another 1500 million in October to buy more weapons from Washington.
Trump refuses to send free weapons to Ukraine – as Joe Biden did – but he has agreed to resume shipments of military material for kyiv if someone – in this case Europe – pays for weapons, he says EFE.
