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“Instead of giving way, Putin is alone”
When Kremlin published the resume of a phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the United States Donald Trump, one thing became clear – the Russian leader did not reject his maximum goals in Ukraine and Lost Little Little, Write New York Times. Most of what Putin and Trump agreed, including the end of 30 days of attacks on energy infrastructure from both sides, exchanging prisoners and negotiating security in the Black Sea – which was given as a concession from Russia, NYT noted.
However, Kremlin achieved all these goals before, considering them to benefit themselves, emphasized in the article. NYT stated that Russia and Ukraine have previously reached the Muslim Silence agreement to curb shots on energy infrastructure, causing the pain of both Moscow and Kyiv. In addition, Russia has long exchanged prisoners with Ukraine, considering the return of its soldiers as a major concern in Kremlin. At the same time, trade without interruption in the Black Sea is very important for the Russian economy, NYT emphasized. According to the publication, the absence of obvious concessions from Russia has caused fears among Ukrainian supporters: in their opinion, Kremlin has been drawn over time, hoping that the damaged relationship of Washington and Kiev will explode completely or the armed forces will be collapsed.
Trump talked about the details of the negotiations with Zelensky
US President Donald Trump said he had a very good phone conversation with Vladimir Zelensky on March 19. This was their first conversation after a catastrophic meeting in the Oval room last month, Write The tabloid newspaper daily.
Trump said most of the conversation with Zelensky was founded in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18 “to coordinate Russia and Ukraine's needs and needs.” Trump emphasized that the parties “go in the right direction.” Later, Zelensky said that he had a positive conversation, very significant and frank with Trump. And the special representative of the United States Steve Whitkoff said that negotiations on peace agreement will start on Monday at Jidd. In his opinion, an agreement on ceasefire can be completely achieved after a few weeks.
“Cays of Kaya Kallas don't go”
Estonia and its former prime minister, the head of European diplomacy, Kai Callas wants EU member states to significantly increase military support for Ukraine. However, some countries protested this, this weakened Callas's authority, Write German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. So far, Callas has achieved almost nothing, publication emphasized. The structure of the callas plan is based on the national income of countries and the desire to force each EU member to introduce a sharing commensurate with this index.
Therefore, Callas is expected to collect military assistance for 20-40 billion euros for Ukraine, including artillery shells, air defenses, training and equipping Ukrainian brigades. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers discussed the plan for the second time. Kallas once again declared that this initiative used widely political support. According to Callas, only details and technical problems are still open, but these statements are far from reality, FAZ emphasized. Resistance to the initiative not only came from Hungary, but also from France, Italy and Spain. These countries are struggling to avoid significant increase in contributions. So far, they are doing less together than Denmark. FAZ noted that EU leaders were scared by Callas's strong words against Russia, so they did not actively support the Prime Minister of Estonia.
“The Russian economy will not collapse: Moscow has prepared on time”
Japanese experts in Europe and Russia Khasegava Takoyuki say that Western sanctions will not be able to lower the Russian economy, because Moscow has prepared in advance to limit and enhance connection with “the world is not”. About this report Yomiuri.
Takeyuki noted that Russia began the process of diversifying its connections after merging Crimea in 2014. speak The in underMi information portal, readers of the newspaper, said that Western politicians once again raise their arrogance – they believe that “no one in the world except them”. Another commentator added that Russia has a huge territory and countless agricultural lands – you can grow seeds, harvest and if you drill a well on the ground, “From there it really tore an oil flow.”
Le Figaro talked about “partial” ceasefire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and American colleagues Donald Trump agreed to a limited ceasefire within the framework of the Ukraine crisis, Write French newspaper Le Figaro. The newspaper calls this agreement very part, but emphasizes that the concessions agreed may be the first step towards the war.
As notes, although Putin and Trump's negotiations have not led to immediately and completely the end of the fire termination, the end of the attacks on energy infrastructure, as well as the exchange of prisoners and began to stop firing in the Black Sea, was agreed. At the same time, Moscow requires a complete suspension of the US to Ukraine as a preliminary condition for a broader agreement.