Experts: Trump's statements are deadly for Ukraine
US President Donald Trump's statements about Ukraine are ominous for Europe and directly deadly for Ukraine, according to several experts that Dagbladet has spoken to.
- We see that Russia's propaganda and narrative are now being repeated by Trump, in somewhat milder forms. Negotiations go easily when you look at the conflicts in a similar way and have common interests, says defense researcher Anders Romarheim to the newspaper.
- Ukraine is in deadly territory.
Russia researcher Iver Neumann believes that one must ask why Trump is continuing the Russian narrative when it does not correspond to what actually happened.
US expert and professor Hilmar Mjelde explains it by saying that Trump "simply just likes Putin".
France: US says it wants to see long-term peace
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he wants to see a long-term peace agreement for Ukraine. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot the day after the high-profile talks between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia.
- Rubio told European ministers by phone yesterday that he wants sustainable peace in Ukraine, and a long-term peace agreement for Ukraine, Barrot said according to Reuters.
The Russian-American meeting has received criticism from several quarters, and several experts believe that the US delegation was completely overrun in the talks. According to several media reports, the US has, among other things, approved a Russian demand to call new elections in Ukraine before a final agreement is signed, and that the US should not send its own peacekeeping troops to the country.
In the midst of the crisis – EU agrees on new sanctions against Putin
EU ambassadors have agreed on another package of sanctions against Russia, writes Reuters. It is the 16th package of sanctions aimed at the country after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The package of sanctions includes, among other things, an import ban on Russian aluminum, measures against more ships in the shadow fleet, and sanctions against additional ports, airports, banks and media companies.
Voices on the Ukraine war
Analysis: The situation could not get worse – then Trump spoke
It looked like the situation could not get worse for Ukraine – then US President Donald Trump spoke and accused Ukraine of starting the war, writes CNN's Stephen Collinson in an analysis. He also emphasized one of Vladimir Putin's most important messages: That it is time for an election in Ukraine.
Now a wave of fear is sweeping across Europe that Trump will push through a deal that benefits his friends in the Kremlin, writes Collinson.
“Trump’s attack on Zelensky (...) was a clear sign of how the new US administration has reversed Washington’s stance from supporting the victims of the invasion to now rewarding the aggressor.”
Peter Baker writes in an analysis in the New York Times that it sounds like what Trump and his team have agreed to is a wish list from the Kremlin, but what Russia has had to give up is not made clear. Nor has Trump clarified how to ensure that Putin can be trusted, he writes.
Trump’s statements did not come from a script, but in response to reporters’ questions, which means that “they reflect how he sees the situation and also provide a premonition of the months ahead.”
Sky News’ Deborah Haynes notes that there is only one currency that seems to be valuable in the White House – power. “And both Kyiv and its European friends all look too weak,” she writes.
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