Emmanuel Macron estimated that a “truce” could end the war in Ukraine “in the coming weeks” after his meeting with Donald Trump on Monday, February 24. This truce should prove the reliability of Vladimir Putin or on the contrary betray his belligerent ambitions.
09:41 – Putin gives her opinion on the American -Ukrainian agreement on minerals
If the agreement on the exploitation of ores on Ukrainian soil is negotiated only between Ukraine and the United States, the Russian president got involved on Monday evening during an interview given to the Russian press. He said he was in favor of American investments having to exploit strategic ores. A position he explains by the forced annexation of several Ukrainian territories by Russia, in particular some which houses these soils rich in minerals. “We are ready to attract foreign partners to our new historic territories that have been returned to Russia. There are certain reservations there. We are ready to work with our partners, including American, in the new regions,” said Vladimir Putin.
08:54 – A meeting between Zelensky and Trump on another subject than the war in Ukraine
The Ukrainian president will be received at the White House in the coming days. Donald Trump announced an appointment organized “next week or that according to” yesterday, a decision greeted by Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will not meet to evoke the truce in Ukraine, but to try to conclude an agreement on Ukrainian minerals. The American president demands to obtain privileged access to Ukrainian lands rich in minerals in exchange for American aid paid for three years, an agreement that Ukraine is ready to conclude provided that he is not too disadvantageous for her . On Monday, the Ukrainian government said on this subject that discussions entered their “final phase”.
08:29 – Poutine describes zelensky as “toxic figure”
If Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump had optimistic speeches on a possible truce in the war in Ukraine last night, Vladimir Putin continued to question the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him “toxic figure”. “The fact is that the current head of the kyiv regime becomes a toxic figure,” said the Kremlin master during a television interview on Monday evening. He accused his Ukrainian counterpart of “giving ridiculous orders” to his army and of being “a factor of decomposition of the army, society and the state”.
08:17 – How Emmanuel Macron wants to test Vladimir Putin
Emmanuel Macron assured that a “truce” in the war in Ukraine could intervene “in the coming weeks” Monday evening at a press conference at the White House, in particular thanks to the continuation of negotiations “between the United States And Russia on the one hand, between the United States and Ukraine on the other “. If the French president wants to be optimistic about obtaining a “lasting peace” and on certain conditions, he does not rule out the possibility of being deceived by Russia and believes that the to come will be the occasion to Ensure Moscow’s good faith in negotiations. If the truce is not respected by Russia, Emmanuel Macron will see “the best proof that Russia is not serious” and will demonstrate it to Donald Trump. The American president said he was “convinced” on Monday evening of the fact that Russia “wants to arrive at an agreement on Ukraine” judging that “it is in his interest”.
02/24/25 – 23:48 – A “very close” agreement on critical metals
Donald Trump insisted on the “$ 300 billion” of aid, in the form of donations and arms deliveries, granted by the United States to Ukraine, while accusing the European Union for mainly granted “loans” to kyiv. This is why, according to him, an agreement on strategic metals is of crucial importance.
The American president assured that this agreement with Ukraine on the exploitation of his mining resources was “very close”. Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian government confirmed that discussions on this subject, which would allow Washington to access Ukrainian minerals in exchange for a security guarantee, had reached their “final phase”.
02/24/25 – 23:26 – “We want a quick deal, but not an agreement that is fragile,” warned Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron asked “a quick deal”, warning to reject “an agreement that is fragile”.
02/24/25 – 22:48 – Emmanuel Macron corrects Donald Trump on a fake news
A surprising scene in the Oval Office of the American President. Emmanuel Macron interrupted Donald Trump live, while the latter said that “Europe lends money to Ukraine” and “they recover their money”. The French president then corrected it: “No, in fact, to be frank, we paid. We paid 60 % of the total effort”.
Notable moment in the oval office where trump saying “Europe is loaning the money to ukraine” and “they are getting their money back” when macron interrupted to say, “no, in fact, to be frank, we paid. We paid 60% of the total effort. ”
– Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) FEBRUARY 24, 2025
02/24/25 – 22:34 – A coup de force by Emmanuel Macron?
The French president, alongside Donald Trump, reiterated that Vladimir Putin was the attacker and recalled that he had raped the Minsk 1 and 2. Agreements. Emmanuel Macron also wanted to emphasize that the only way of the Kremlin to the Kremlin Respecting a country agreement was to have guarantees with troops or presence on the Y European but also American.
“Macron managed to convince me!” Said Donald Trump.
???? Donald Trump lets go of a bomb: “Macron managed to convince me, almost to turn me even!” »»
– Negotiations are advancing. For Ukraine, for Europe, Macron fights. And it bothers those who hope for its failure. #Slavaukraini ?????????????? pic.twitter.com/ix1qee6xpe
– Maxime Boudet (@maxime_boudet) FEBRUARY 24, 2025
02/24/25 – 22:23 – Towards American investments in the occupied territories of Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin said he was in favor of American investments in the occupied territories of Ukraine. “We are ready to attract foreign partners to our new historic territories that have been returned to Russia. There are certain reservations there. We are ready to work with our partners, including American, in the new regions”, a- He said, saying that Russian and American companies were “in contact”. “Some of our companies are in contact with each other and discuss such projects,” he said.
Vladimir Putin also called Volodymyr Zelensky as “toxic figure”.
02/24/25 – 22:12 – Putin believes that Trump’s position “is not in the interest of Russia but of Ukraine”
If the Russian president was delighted with the will of Donald Trump to want to “improve the political situation in Ukraine” and create “the conditions of survival” of the country, he judged that the position of the American president “is not in the interest of Russia but of Ukraine “. “He does not act in emotion, but on a rational approach to the current situation,” he said.
02/24/25 – 21:58 – Vladimir Putin “sees nothing wrong” in what Europeans participate in negotiations
Vladimir Putin also spoke on Monday evening in a television interview. He claims to see “nothing bad” in the participation of Europeans in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. “Europeans, but also other countries, have the right and the possibility of participating. And we respect this,” he defends.