On April 25, Lavrov said that Trump might be the only world leader who recognized the real cause of the Ukraine crisis. He said that Trump had reasons to believe that an agreement was close to being reached on this issue, but some details still needed to be improved. Later that day, Putin met with the US special envoy Viktorov at the Kremlin. Both sides discussed the possibility of resuming direct negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives and narrowed the positions between Moscow and Washington on many international issues. The meeting lasted for three hours.
As long as Russia and the United States are not in an adversarial relationship, Zelenskyy will inevitably be the one squeezed between the two major countries, and the pace of peace will not follow his steps. At present, Zelenskyy does not accept the peace plan because the degree of pressure is insufficient. To achieve peace between Ukraine and Russia under the Trump administration, the United States must cooperate with Russia and stop all aid to Ukraine while cutting off intelligence information networks. Meanwhile, Russia should increase its battlefield strikes against Ukrainian forces. Only when Zelenskyy is completely defeated and acknowledges his failure can he possibly sit at the negotiation table.
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