Kremlin insiders spent Wednesday night laughing on Russian state TV after President Donald Trump handed his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, significant concessions in the upcoming peace talks over the war in Ukraine before the negotiations had even begun.
Russian TV pundits have said for years that Trump’s return to the White House would mean the end of U.S. aid to Ukraine, which would turn the war in Russia’s direction.
Soloyov boasted that the Trump administration has said on several occasions that Ukraine must hand over some territories to Russia, and he said his nation wasn’t going to cede any of the territory they have taken.
The pundit argued that Trump’s way of doing business adheres to Putin’s December 2021 ultimatum, when he said that NATO expansion was one of the top reasons for the upcoming invasion of Ukraine.
Trump and his administration in recent days have put the kibosh on the notion that Ukraine could become a member of NATO and that it could take back territories currently under Russian control.
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