Trump can push Putin to cease conflict: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy at Munich convention

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday exuded deep confidence in US President Donald Trump’s intentions and talent to assist cease its conflict with Russia, saying that the American chief is a robust man, and he’s the one who can push Vladimir Putin to place a cease to the battle.
“I see, sure, that he’s a robust man. And if he’ll select our facet, and if he won’t be within the center, I believe he’ll strain and he’ll push Putin to cease the conflict. He can do it,” Zelenskyy stated throughout his handle on the Munich Safety Convention on Friday, as per an Related Press report.
Zelenskyy’s assertion got here after Trump introduced on Wednesday that he had spoken to each the Ukrainian President and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about initiating instant negotiations to finish the conflict between the 2 nations.
Trump stated, throughout the dialog with Putin, he was invited by the Russian President to go to Moscow.
“We’ve additionally agreed to have our respective groups begin negotiations instantly, and we are going to start by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to tell him of the dialog, one thing which I shall be doing proper now,” Trump stated.
Additionally, throughout a panel dialogue on the Munich Safety Convention, Zelenskyy made his reservations about holding a face-to-face dialog with Putin recognized, saying that discovering a “frequent plan” would be the prerequisite of that.
“We have to converse extra, to work extra and to arrange the plan (for) methods to cease (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,” Zelenskyy was quoted as saying by information company Reuters after his assembly with US Vice President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Convention within the German metropolis.
In the meantime, US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, too, stated he believed President Trump may lead any negotiations relating to hanging offers.
“President Trump would be the one on the desk with Zelenskyy and Putin,” Hegseth stated, to result in a “lasting and enduring peace” that won’t embolden Russia.
Because the Russia-Ukraine conflict approaches its third yr, Trump’s technique for brokering peace stays unclear. Nonetheless, he has beforehand indicated that each Russia and Ukraine would want to make compromises, suggesting that Ukraine could need to cede a few of its territory to achieve a decision.
Notably, reaching out to the stakeholders and ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict was Donald Trump’s main ballot promise throughout his Presidential marketing campaign final yr. Republican Trump returned to the White Home after a historic election victory over Democratic Kamala Harris final November.
With company inputs