Russia and the US monopolize peace negotiations in Ukraine three years after the war on the war

The Peace in Ukraine He has never been so far or so close, since Russia and the United States celebrated this week the first round of direct negotiations in three years of war, but behind Ukraine and its European allies, which reacted indignantly.

“We are successfully negotiating the end of the war with Russia, something that everyone admits that only ‘Trump’ and the Trump administration can do”Said United States President Donald Trump, after the negotiations held on Tuesday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

The catalyst was the telephone conversation held on February 12 between Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who agreed to negotiate the end of the conflict.

Putin and Trump mark the way

The Kremlin got what he wanted, to dialogue without intermediaries with representatives of the White House. It was only the first contact, but the standardization process has already begun, which will also have an impact on the situation in Ukraine.

Russians and Americans recognize that “The road will be long”, But they have already decided to create”shortly”Work teams to start peace negotiations, which will inevitably include a prompt meeting between Putin and Trump.

“There was a very, very important step towards the creation of the necessary conditions for a peaceful arrangement”Said Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for Kremlin.

At the moment the main points to debate are unknown, although the press close to the White House reported the possibility of a high fire before the signing of a peace treaty and the need for kyiv to convene elections, since the mandate From Zelenski, according to Moscow, he expired last May.

Rubio simply alluded to “There will be some debate about the territory“-Washington has already ruled out that Ukraine returns to the borders of 2014- and another on”security guarantees”, Although Moscow categorically rejects Ukrainian admission to NATO.

Zelenski does not give his arm to twist

Ukraine seemed to accuse the blow. The Ukrainian president, Zelenski, who was in the Middle East, canceled at the last moment his trip to Saudi Arabia.

“We must never forget that Russia is governed by pathological liars. You can’t trust them and you have to press them”He said.

However, while rejected Trump’s proposal that the United States exploits half of Ukraine’s natural resources, the leader said that kyiv will not accept the result of any negotiation in which his representatives do not participate.

“Decisions without Ukraine cannot be made on how to finish war in Ukraine”, He said, to which Putin replied that“No one excludes Ukraine from the process”

Instead, Zelenski traveled to Ankara, where he demanded “security guarantees”From the United States, the European Union and Türkiye.

With respect to a possible transfer of territories, he replied challenging: “Never, under any circumstance, we will recognize that our temporarily occupied territories are part of Russia. They are part of Ukraine”

And it is that in kyiv the statements in which Trump blamed the Ukrainians to start the war and that the Zelenski popularity index was 4%was very bad.

“A dictator without elections. Zelenski is better to move fast or run out of country”He said, statements immediately refuted by London and the UN.

Behind Europe

European marginalization caused a wave of indignation in the EU, a schism between Brussels and Washington and the call for two meetings in Paris to respond to US rejection.

“I don’t know what they paint (Europeans) at the negotiating table”Russian Foreign Minister Serguéi Lavrov replied.

The first community response did not go far, since the creation of a European army still divides the twenty -seven, although Zelenski insists that the Ukrainian armed forces are the first continental defense line.

In case there was any doubt, Lavrov considered “unacceptable”The deployment of European troops in the neighboring country, even if they are not under the UTAN umbrella, which would leave kyiv only to danger.

Rubio advanced condescending who, as the EU also approved sanctions against Moscow, will have to join a point to the negotiations.

“They themselves are guilty of what is now happening (…) In fact, all European leaders, without exception, directly interfered with the electoral process in the United States”Said Putin, referring to his support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

The European response was categorical. The Union agreed this week a political agreement on a new package of sanctions against Russia – including measures against the well -known ‘Fleet Ghost’ that helps Moscow to dodge international restrictions on their oil exports – which will be approved on the occasion of the third anniversary.

“We are committed to maintaining pressure on the Kremlin “Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.