Putin pulls time in the style of the Cold War: experts believe that Trump is lured

But it did not prevent Trump and Putin to schedule hockey matches for the future. However, experts believe that the Russian President delayed negotiations and drives the White House Head in the best traditions of the Cold War. Politico writes about it. Putin went to a minimal concession, promising to exchange some of the captives and stop attacks at power plants and other "infrastructure" for 30 days.

Although he earlier stated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were attacked only by military facilities in Ukraine. Read also without NATO, weapons and two areas: what Putin's requirements for a 30-day truce will not have vision-there is no dwelling: as the owners of Kiev apartments came up with a caste rack young parents relaxed in the bathroom, and then inadvertently saw a couple of eyes (photos) in the Russian Federation showing a new artillery.

Putin Russia attacked Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine. A week ago, Zelensky and Trump agreed to submit Putin's proposal for a "immediate" ceasefire for 30 days, putting the end of all battles and attacks from the air, sea and all over the front line. Trump said he wanted Putin to quickly give a positive answer, and insisted that, in his opinion, it would happen. Instead, Putin stated that in principle he supports this idea, but continues to doubt how she would work.

Russian and American "expert groups" March 23 are going to meet again in Saudi Arabia to discuss the details again. However, Matthew Schumiker, a former US intelligence officer and national security specialist, warned that Trump was at risk of playing Putin, allowing Russia to use the "classical Soviet tactics of the Cold War" - a delay in negotiations.

"During the Cold War, American leaders often resisted attracting such protracted processes, realizing that they served for councils of slowing down mechanisms for regrouping or using levers. Schuzer. One potentially alarming sign for Ukraine and its European allies was the tone of the official announcement of a call from the White House. The description of the call from the United States was positive, not just condemn Russia's reluctance to start a complete ceasefire.

The Kremlin version tried to represent Russia as as important a superpower in geopolitical terms as the United States. Washington and Moscow will make "joint efforts" in crisis points in the Middle East, while establishing cooperation in non -proliferation of nuclear weapons and global security, the statement said.

"A mutual interest in the normalization of bilateral relations was expressed taking into account the special responsibility of Russia and the US for ensuring security and stability in the world," - said in a summary of a telephone conversation published in the Kremlin. And the final of this strange conversation was a statement of hockey.

The Kremlin stated that Donald Trump supported Putin's idea of ​​organizing hockey matches in the US and Russia between Russian and American hockey players playing NHL. The National Hockey League is a Hockey League of the United States and Canada, and teams from Russia, Belarus, China and Kazakhstan are involved in the Continental Hockey League.

Even before the resume on telephone talks, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in his evening TV that Russia is deliberately delaying the war: "For a week Putin cannot squeeze" yes "on a proposal to cease fire. He says everything he wants, but not what he wants to hear the whole world. " Recall that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss the provision of US military assistance to Ukraine during a telephone conversation on March 18.