The Trump team has identified three main issues to end the war in Ukraine
20 January 2025 08:53
Mike Waltz, the incoming US National Security Advisor in the Trump administration, said that there are three issues that he believes should be key to ending the war in Ukraine. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to CBS.
Waltz clarified that these issues relate to Ukraine’s possible negotiations with the Russian invaders.
“Number one, who do we put at the table? Second, how do we get them to the table? And third, what is the framework of the agreement? President Trump is clear that this war must be stopped. I think everyone should agree with that,” Waltz said.
According to the American official, the war in Ukraine “combines methods of warfare from the First World War” and also carries the risk of escalation to the Third World War, as Russia has engaged North Korean troops.
“This is a trench warfare of the First World War, a real meat grinder, with people running across open fields in eastern Ukraine. But with the escalating consequences of World War III. This conflict needs to end, and President Trump has been very clear about that and he intends to do so,” Waltz said.
U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz, the incoming National Security Advisor, said on Sunday that he expects a phone call between Trump and Putin in the “coming days and weeks.”
As a reminder, the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its readiness to organize a meeting between US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on its territory.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. Sometimes he suggested that this could happen even before that.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The idea was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war and maintain the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, stipulates that Russia retains the territories it temporarily occupies and that Ukraine does not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. The president-elect’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak for Trump.
Currently, the future US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days in which he wants to reach some kind of agreement.
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