US President Donald Trump said that “great progress” has been made on Russia issues, the US leader said in a related post.
“Great progress on Russia. Stay tuned! – President Donald Trump,” the White House noted.
The administration added a screenshot of Trump’s original statement in the social network Truth Social, in which the American leader, did not specify the details of the achieved “progress”.
As Axios reported earlier, citing diplomatic sources, during a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian president and European leaders, Trump said that he would like to hold a trilateral summit with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as 22 August. Putin has not officially announced his intention to participate in such a meeting.
Zelensky said Russia is “complicating the situation” by refusing a ceasefire and continuing to launch strikes in Ukraine. Trump said after meeting with Putin in Alaska on 15 August that he was not seeking a ceasefire but a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine also says it has no intention of withdrawing troops from controlled areas of Donbass. This is reportedly one of the main conditions put forward by Moscow for a peace deal. In addition, the issue of Ukraine’s security guarantees is important. Yesterday, several media outlets reported that Trump offered Ukraine security guarantees in case of a peace deal with Moscow, similar to NATO’s fifth article on collective defence. This means that if a new war breaks out, the guarantor countries must give an armed response to the aggressor.