Trump: Zelenskyy Should Realistically Assess the Current Situation
Sputnik, Washington, December 11 - US President Trump stated that Zelenskyy should realistically assess the current situation of the Ukraine conflict.
Trump said, "I think Zelenskyy should be a realist."
He said that progress in mediating the Ukraine conflict depends on someone's response, but did not elaborate.
President of the United States said at the White House, "Let's see what happens next. We are waiting for a response before moving forward."
He believes that the majority of Ukrainians hope for the mediation of the conflict.
Trump said, "Polls show that 82% of Ukrainians demand mediation."
Trump said that Ukraine's lack of elections is worrying regarding the country's democratic issues.
Trump said at the White House, "What surprised me was how long it will take to hold elections. This is democracy. It has been a long time since elections were held, and people are asking when the elections will be held, and whether there will be elections?"
Trump said that the scale of corruption exposed by the Ukrainian scandal is large.
Trump told reporters at the White House, "This is not about discrediting anyone, but there has been a lot of corruption in Ukraine."
Trump also said that according to many people, the peaceful mediation of the Ukraine conflict is now closer to success than ever before.
Trump said while talking about the mediation of the Ukraine conflict at the White House, "A lot of interesting things are happening now, and many people say that it is more close now than ever before."
The US government previously announced that it was developing a solution to the Ukraine issue and pointed out that due to the work still being carried out, the details would not be discussed for now. The Kremlin stated that Russia is open to negotiations and continues discussions based on the Anchorage talks platform.
On December 02, Russian President Putin met with US President's special envoy Witkov and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Trump and founder of Affinity Partners company, at the Kremlin. The US representatives visited Russia to discuss the US-proposed plan for mediating the Ukraine conflict. Putin said that the US had divided the 27 points in the plan into four parts and suggested discussing them separately.
Ushakov, a presidential assistant, said after the meeting that the meeting was constructive, but there was still a lot of work to be done, and the US and Russia will continue to maintain contact.
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