50 minutes capable of changing the war: what is left behind the door of Zelensky and Trump in Hague

):" How are it? " Subsequently, Trump's intentions to meet with the Ukrainian visa in the sidelines of the North Atlantic Alliance summit in the Hague, a representative of the White House reported on anonymity. Meanwhile, there were no official announcements of the meeting of the two leaders from Kyiv or from Washington.

This is probably due to the fact that the pre -announced meeting of Zelensky and Trump in Canada did not take place due to the early departure of the US President from the G7 summit.  Actually, given that the current leader of the United States is prone to quite unexpected situational decisions, the likelihood of meeting Ukrainian and American leaders remained in question.

In the end, Zelensky's dialogue with Trump still took place and lasted about 50 minutes, which was much longer than provided by the Regulation. At the same time, the planned communication with journalists of the Presidents of Ukraine and the USA was canceled. According to the results of the meeting, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy called "long and meaningful", the head of the Ukrainian state wrote on Telegram: "They covered all really significant questions.

They talked about how to achieve ceasefire and real peace. We talked about how to protect our people. We appreciate attention and readiness to help. " Instead, Donald Trump asked how to meet Zelensky during his approach to the press and whether they discussed the ceasefire. The American leader answered the following: "No-no . . . I just wanted to know how he was.

Commenting on the focus of the meeting of the Presidents of Zelensky and Trump in the Hague, political scientist Alexei Yakubin emphasized: "First of all, it should be noted that this meeting took place at the moment when the negotiation process in Istanbul was seriously built in Istanbul. themselves, and when you are really real and substantive to talk about real things-contact us. Meetings are an unconditional plus.

The political scientist suggests that during a meeting with Trump in the Hague, he persuaded him to "give good" to the purchase of US weapons for Ukraine with the resources of European allies. "The calculation is this: the US MIC, when it comes to tens of billions, will quickly find pressure levers on Trump and the same missiles to Patriot systems will go to Ukraine," - notes Alexei Yakubin.

According to the expert, Trump "do not sleep" the thoughts of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the achievement of settlement in the Russian-Ukrainian war can be a decisive puzzle on the way to achieve this goal. At the same time, the political scientist believes that the President of the United States pursues a very flexible policy towards Russia, pushing into the far corner the issue of stringent sanctions against the Russian Federation.

"Even after the present meeting of Zelensky and Trump, the case of anti -Russian restrictions does not sound from either side. This means that Trump has a clear desire to negotiate with Russia in the sense of dragging it to its side in the future confrontation with China. First of all, it concerns future purchases of American weapons for the Armed Forces, " - sums up Alexei Yakubin.

  At the same time, the political scientist, the head of the Center for Analysis and Strategies (CAS) Igor Chalenko in conversation with focus makes the following accent: "As for me, a meeting of Presidents of Zelensky and Trump in Hague" illuminated "the case of Putin's efforts for real rather than imitating a gum. The prisoners are not decided in this case.

The political scientist considers the issue of a "serious military package" to be an important moment of negotiations of the Ukrainian and American leaders: "Obviously, we should discuss this issue with the United States at a meeting in Cananaskis at the Great Seven summit, but then, as you know, it is not necessary. The sale of Patriot will not look like an action directed against peace.

In this context, the political scientist predicts that Ukraine will soon be able to obtain missiles that were appointed within the framework of preliminary agreements for Ukraine, but eventually transferred the US to the Middle East. Meanwhile, the subsequent supply of weapons from the United States, the political scientist is convinced, will be only for money, but most importantly here, Igor Chalenko emphasizes that they will still be.

And in this sense, the expert emphasizes, Kyiv can rely on the resources of the Allies. By the way, if you talk about allies, within the framework of his visit to the Hague, President Zelensky met not only Trump, but also with the Alliance General Mark Rutte, leaders of E5 format (includes countries of "decisive" coalitions: Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Poland), Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.