Trump says war in Ukraine would not have started if he won in 2020
President of the United States Donald Trump said that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine would never have happened, if he were to win the 2020 presidential election.
According to Trump, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin is constantly talking about Ukraine, He has been involved in efforts to resolve the war for a long time.
«I have been working for a year to resolve the war in Ukraine. Many people are dying. What does the US have to do with it? We are very far from Ukraine, we are separated by a huge ocean,» Trump said.
Statements on possible negotiations
Trump also said that plans to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, He noted that, according to him, Putin wants to sign a peace deal.
There has been no official confirmation of the Kremlin's readiness to sign a peace agreement.
Context.
The statements came against the backdrop of intensified international discussions on possible formats for ending the war and the US role in resolving the conflict. Trump's rhetoric has traditionally focused on limiting the United States' involvement in foreign conflicts and revision of approaches to international security.
The Ukrainian side has repeatedly emphasised that any peace agreement is possible only if full restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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