On Friday, August 22, the United States President explained the calls to organize a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin by comparing “oil and vinegar”.
Oil and vinegar are not mixed because of their different chemical properties; The oil is hydrophobic (reposed water), while vinegar is hydrophilic (water attraction).
Donald Trump also emphasized how both leaders do not get along very well, and therefore make them cooperate, it is quite difficult. Donald Trump said, “We’ll see if Putin and Zeletskyy work. You know it’s like oil and vinegar a little. For obvious reasons, they don’t get along too well.
Challenges in bringing Russia and Ukraine on a negotiating table
Trump expressed hope that both leaders could cooperate to end the war in Ukraine, and noted that the conflict between the two countries claims about 7,000 lives a week, mostly soldiers.
Speaking of war victims, Trump said, “They continue to fight and continue to kill people, which is very stupid because they lose 7,000 people. I told you five, now losing 7,000 people a week. Think about an average of 7,000 people a week.
Trump claims to stop seven wars
The US President then noted that the conflict of Russia-Ukraine was the most difficult to quit and claimed to “stopped seven wars”.
“So we want to find out if we can stop it. I stopped seven wars. I want it to be that he would think he would be in the middle of a pack in terms of difficulty, and it turns out to be the most difficult,” he said.
Us-Russia is a holder of the peak on Alaska
Trump met Vladimir Putin in Anchorage on Alaska 15 August, which was organized by interviews and aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. However, there was no concrete ceasefire agreement at the meeting, Mint said earlier.
Although the meeting is a negotiating basis, Ukraine has not been invited to interviews. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlensky, who publicly rejected Trump’s pressure to give up the territory seized by Russia, closely followed Trump-Putin’s interviews on Alaska along with other European leaders, reports.
Green meets Trump in the White House
Volodymyr Zelsky met Trump in the White House on August 18, accompanied by “extraordinary” cadre of European leaders to show Trump a unified front against Russia, Reuters reported.
After talks at the White House, he said he would be willing to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin directly to end the invasion of his country.
However, the proposed conditions set by Putin may be difficult to accept for the Ukrainian leader. Russia said it would give up small areas of the occupied Ukrainian territory, while Ukraine must agree to the handover of large parts of its Eastern region, which Moscow has not yet entertained, Reuters reported earlier.
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