Hours after the US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine “may be Russian someday” the Kremling said on Tuesday that a “significant part” of Ukraine “wants” to be Russia again.
During an interview with Fox News Trump said, “(Ukraine) may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday.”
The Kyiv Post reported that the Kremlins spokesman Dmitry Peskov that the situation in Ukraine “largely corresponds to President Trump’s words.”
Peskov added, “The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become Russia, and has already, is a fact.
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Peskov was referring to Moscow’s 2022 annexation of four Ukrainian regions, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
Vladimir Putin said that he is ready to hold direct talks with President Trump to reach a possible agreement to end the war.
On Monday President Volodymyr Zelensky said that they want “real peace and effective security guarantees” for Ukraine.
He said, “Security of people, security of our state, security of economic relations and, of course, our resource sustainability: not only for Ukraine but for the entire free world.
“All of this is being decided now.”
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