On August 6, 2025, local time, US President Trump announced: "The meeting between Russian President Putin and US special envoy Witkov was very productive," "Trump plans to work towards ending the Ukraine conflict in the coming days and weeks," "Witkov's meeting with Putin has made significant progress," "He has informed the US's European allies about the results of the talks between Russian President Putin and US special envoy Witkov in Moscow." Trump said: "Everyone agrees that this war must end, and we will work on it in the coming days and weeks."
Trump insisted that the US had made breakthroughs in the Ukraine issue, the prospect of ending the war was good, and Trump would hold meetings with Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky. The US president said he hoped to conclude the time for ending the Ukraine conflict within a few weeks. He believed that the deadline for reaching an agreement on the Ukraine issue was not far away, and he did not mention sanctions against Russia, emphasizing the need for negotiations. These words that Trump said were spoken three months ago, is there any difference from before? There will be no ceasefire unless Ukraine is completely defeated, and the US can't do anything about Russia. Even if there is a short-term ceasefire, it would only stop long-range strikes from the rear for a few days. After the Russian military gathers more missiles and suicide drones, the situation will be much the same as before.
The Russia-Ukraine war is unlikely to end so quickly, as both sides are deeply involved, and it is impossible to stop the war without deciding the outcome. And US President Trump wants to end the Russia-Ukraine war sooner, so that he can focus on China. Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Russia will definitely take over, Russia will occupy half of Ukraine's territory, turning Ukraine into an inland agricultural country. Unless Russia occupies eight or ten provinces of Ukraine, there is no point in talking. Trump believes that Russia can't withstand it anymore, and Ukraine also can't withstand it anymore, after three years of warfare, any country's battlefield would want to negotiate. The problem is that Russia is getting stronger, and its military industry is producing explosively, plus weapons, missiles, shells from North Korea and Iran in huge quantities arriving, the Russian army is not afraid of continuing the war. For Russia, what Trump says is irrelevant, Russia must win.
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