After Tamp's words, surprised silence fell: details of closed discussion with Putin - the media

It is noted that politicians hoped to hear from Trump on the consent of the Kremlin to cease fire or to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation for refusing it. Instead, the US President stated that Putin agreed to negotiations, assured that Washington would not participate in this dialogue and opposed anti -Russian sanctions. According to sources, some leaders invented "surprised" or "shocked". "I think something will happen. If not, I will just retreat, and they will have to continue.

Again, it was a European situation, and it had to remain a European situation," Trump told reporters a few hours after telephone conversations. According to media reports, on the morning of May 19, Trump called Zelensky with the question that he should say Putin. The Ukrainian president was glad that the Republican called him for consultation. He asked to demand an immediate truce, threaten new sanctions and not to offer any concessions without first discussing Kiev.

After talking to Putin, Trump called again, but this time the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Finland and the European Commission also participated in the conversation. The second conversation, as Zelensky shared, was longer and had a "different character". The European source called the conference "constructive", the other interlocutor said that Zelensky perceived it negatively.

According to the media, after Trump reported Putin's consent to start direct ceasefire negotiations, silence prevailed for a few seconds. After that, Zelensky recalled that the President of the Russian Federation had already agreed to the dialogue, and the first round of negotiations took place in Istanbul. The US President did not give a direct answer. The leaders reminded him that the immediate armistice for 30 days was as a starting point for negotiations was the idea of ​​Washington.

Other European leaders asked for new American sanctions, but Trump rejected it as a bad idea. He stressed that Putin wanted to conclude a peace agreement. Then, as the sources reported, the premiere of Italy George Meloni intervened. She asked why not set the silence mode for at least two weeks before the negotiation start. At the same time, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the concessions are ready to make Russia.

Trump replied that the Kremlin presents a "peaceful memorandum" with its ceasefire conditions and ceasefire. He at the same time reassured his interlocutors that Putin asked "something that people could agree with. " Zelensky, according to the media, emphasized that the previous rounds of negotiations from the Russian Federation did not produce any results, and warned that without pressure Moscow would not move.

It is noted that Trump looked relatively satisfied after Putin heard, presenting it as a new development. The leaders invited to the conversation were surprised, because it seemed that the Kremlin's position remained unchanged. The US President has informed that Ukraine and Russia should hold bilateral direct negotiations without intermediaries. Meloni and Merz said that Europe and the US should be involved in the process. "Someone should be a judge," the Italian Prime Minister said.

Trump suggested as a location for talking Vatican. Also during the conversation, Finnish President Alexander Stubb asked questions about the next steps. "I don't know. Someone has to go out and say whether the negotiations are going well or bad, and then we will decide what to do," Trump said.