Communicating with journalists on board Air Force One, US President Donald Trump, among other things, announced a telephone conversation with the Kremlin head on March 18. "I will talk to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work has been done in the weekend. I want to see if we will be able to put an end to this war. Maybe we can, perhaps, but I think we have a very good chance," the American leader said.
Answering questions about probable concessions, Trump emphasized: "We will talk about territories. We will talk about power plants. Both Ukraine and Russia are already talking about it, dividing certain assets. " Reuters reports that Trump is currently trying to get Putin's consent to a proposal to a 30-day ceasefire, to which Kiev, we recall, agreed last week during a meeting in Jedda.
Meanwhile, US Presidential Advisor Michael Voltz on ABC News suggested that an agreement on the completion of Russia against Ukraine may provide for the loss of the last territories in exchange for "future security guarantees". At the same time, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Kiev would have to make concessions about the territories that Russia has seized since 2014, within the framework of "any agreement" on the termination of the war.
At the same time, Trump Special Representative Steve Witcoff, who had a meeting with Putin recently, says that in the framework of ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya NPPs, access to ports and the situation in the Kursk region should be naked. Mr Vitkoff also suggested that over the following weeks, the US side would be able to make progress on resolving Russia's war against Ukraine.
Assuming that the issue of the NPP was discussed during a recent meeting of Ukrainian and American delegations in Jedda, political scientist Alexei Yakubin in conversation with focus, stated: "As part of the actual mediation of the United States, I think in Saudi Arabia was talking about the withdrawal of Russian troops. And given these nuances, Ukraine and consent to the thirty -day "freezing". regions to its constitution, including Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions.
Most likely, the political scientist suggests, Americans will offer Russians in exchange for the transfer of control of Kiev reduction of sanction pressure. "Pay attention to the fact that the states are currently coming from some international groups that have been investigating Russian crimes in Ukraine and sanction moments. That is, it seems that the United States will offer Russia softening in these areas in exchange for concessions. Is Putin that I see, it is still possible.
There is, for example, a group of hawks, which think that this year is in a favorable position, so no concessions should be agreed, but there is a group that is concerned with the image of the Russian their requirements, " - says Alexei Yakubin. In any case, Putin has to decide in the near future, the expert emphasizes, because there can be no position "something in the middle" in this matter.
The executive director of the Center for Applied Political Research "Penta" Alexander Leonov in conversation with focus makes the following emphasis: "Unfortunately, the American side even before the start of peace talks declared the impossibility of adopting Ukraine for NATO. That is, Trump made a falset, prematurely put this map on the table. The statements that Ukraine should abandon its territories, with the point of view of Ukrainian and international law, it is simply impossible.
In history, the expert draws attention to the very interesting moment: "As far as I know, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant uses the fuel elements of Westinghouse Electric - an American campaign, which actually produces reactors and fuel elements. Currently, the United States will actually get into the station, which is unlikely whether they will still lead the language of returning to Ukraine.
" According to the expert, Kyiv is currently a "little chance" to return the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, since ZPPs for Russians are an extremely important bridgehead that they are unlikely to give. At the same time, an expert emphasizes, and a number of technical challenges will arise before Kiev in the event of a return.
"Ukraine will have to invest a lot of money in order to restore electricity production, since the ZNPU is now unable to cool the station, because everything was tied to the Kakhovka reservoir," - summed up Alexander Leonov.
Commenting on Trump's future conversation with Putin, including the probable discussion of the issue of the ZPP, the People's Deputy from Europe Solidarity Alexei Goncharenko wrote the following on Telegram: "I can confirm: Trump's administration really speaks of the Zaporozhye NPP. God forbid everything. There is really a chance to return. " In conversation with focus, the parliamentarian was unable to detail that in return, the Russian Return could require Russians through the US.
At the same time, Alexei Goncharenko noted: "The issue of OPP is without exaggeration an extremely important issue in the context of the functioning of the entire energy system of Ukraine. Plus this issue is important for the world, since only Ukraine can guarantee the safe operation of the Zaporozhye atomic power plant, by the way - the largest NPP in Europe.
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