An hour of telephone interview between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trumpa signal that rekindles the spotlight on the possibility of a solution negotiated to the conflict in Ukraine. This is what Russian presidential councilor Yuri Ushakov reports, according to which the Russian president would have expressed his former leader of the White House the desire to continue on the street of dialogue, stating that Moscow will not give up on his efforts to eliminate the background causes of the conflict.
The Ria Novosti agency has relaunched the words of the Kremlin, according to which the interview took place in a “serious and constructive” climate, with Putin intent on keeping every possible channel open with Washington, in view of a possible return to Trump’s White House at the November presidential elections.
On the other side of Europe, in Aarhus, Denmark, where he participated in a press point with the Danish premier puts Frederiksen, the president of the European Council Antonio Costa and the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky He welcomed the contact between Trump and Putin caution, underlining, however, that the only way to peace passes from a direct confrontation with the Russian president. “I am not sure that Trump and Putin have many common ideas, they are very different people. But if we talk about Ukraine, we have supported the idea of President Trump from the beginning: the ceased the unconditional fire, Zelensky said. I said several times that we are ready for any type of meeting format, but I think that in Russia it is only Putin the decision maker. This is why a direct meeting is really needed, if we really want.”
The words of the Ukrainian president arrive in a delicate moment, while the conflict has entered the third year and the international front wonders about the estate of western support and the possibility of a diplomatic turning point, perhaps thanks to parallel interlocations such as that between Putin and Trump.
At the moment it is not known whether the interview can translate into a concrete initiative, but the public opening by Moscow – and the partial green light of Kiev to a new dialogue format – let it glimpse a glimmer. In view of the American presidential elections and the growing international pressure to stop fighting, the time for diplomacy may not yet have expired.