“We had very good and productive discussions yesterday with Vladimir Putin and there are excellent possibilities that this horrible and bloody war can finally reach the end”.
He wrote it on Truth Donald Trump, who then asked the Kremlin leader to stop the massacre of Ukrainian troops.
“At this moment, thousands of Ukrainian troops are completely surrounded by the Russian army, in a very difficult and vulnerable position. I strongly asked President Putin that their lives are spared. This would be a horrible massacre, one as it was not seen from the Second World War. God bless them all!”. So Trump on Truth.
Kiev denies Trump
The Ukrainian army rejected the statements published by the President of the United States Donald Trump, who said that thousands of Kiev troops were surrounded by Russian troops. “There is no threat that our units are surrounded,” wrote the General Staff in a declaration on social media, specifically referring to the western Russian region of Kursk.
The Kremlin, “cautiously optimistic for peace in Ukraine”
According to the Kremlin there is reason to be “cautiously optimistic” on a solution of the conflict in Ukraine, after an interview last night between President Vladimir Putin and the correspondent of the White House Steve Witkoff in Moscow. The spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it. A decision on a new telephone interview between Putin and the American president Donald Trump will be taken after Witkoff will have reported a message from Putin to Washington, added Peskov, mentioned by the Ria Novosti agency.
“It is true that there is still a lot to do, but the president is still solidarity with the position of Mr. Trump,” said Peskov thus commented on a declaration by the United States National Security Councilor Mike Waltz, according to which the White House has a cautious optimism on the possibility of an agreement. “Yesterday – added Peskov, quoted by Interfax – you heard a very important declaration by President Putin. By answering a journalists’ question, he said to support the position of President Trump on the agreement, but he expressed some questions to which it is necessary to answer together”.
The sovereign De facto of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Kingdom supports “all initiatives” to end the war in Ukraine. The Saudi Foreign Ministry of Foreign Foreign Foreign Affairs announces it in an official declaration, after the US-Ukraine interviews in Gedda proposed a ceased for 30 days.
During a phone call with Putin, Mohammed Bin Salman reiterated “the commitment of Saudi Arabia to facilitate dialogue and support all the initiatives aimed at achieving a political resolution”, specified the Foreign Ministry.
Berlin, Putin has no interest in a ceased fire
“We doubt the interest of the Russian president to work for a cease lasting the lasting fire,” Kathrin Deschauer, spokesman for the German foreign ministry, said, commenting on the response of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the American proposal of a respite. During today’s government press conference, the spokesman also said that Putin’s response is “at the best of the hypothesis of an attempt to take time”.
Von der leyen, ‘the EU increases its pressure on Moscow’
“The EU increases the pressure on Russia. We extend our penalties to about 2400 individuals and entities for the aggression during Russia against Ukraine, including: – Travel prohibitions – freezing of goods – prohibition of funding/resources. Our determination to support Ukraine is decisive”. The president of the European Commission writes it on X, Ursula von der Leyen.
The EU approves the renewal of individual sanctions to Russia
The 27 EU countries approved the renewal of six months of individual sanctions to the detriment of Russia until September 15, 2025 through the written procedure, thus exceeding the veto of Budapest who had asked to depend some names. In all, the individuals removed are 4, three of which asked by Hungary.