Donald Trump said Tuesday, March 4, that he received the insurance from Volodymyr Zelensky, which he was ready to negotiate for a “lasting peace” with Russia, the regrets of the Ukrainian president on their altercation at the White House seeming to open the way to a resumption of dialogue. “It is regrettable that it happened like this. It is time to arrange things,” the Ukrainian president wrote on X after the announcement of the suspension of American military aid in kyiv, in reference to his game with his counterpart in the oval office.
The American president, who started a spectacular rapprochement with Moscow with his call on February 12 with Vladimir Putin, also said he received “strong signals indicating that they [les Russes, NDLR] are ready for peace “.
Info to remember
⇒ President Bélarusse proposes to welcome peace talks in Minsk
⇒ Donald Trump says that Volodymyr Zelensky is “ready” to negotiate with Russia
⇒ Emmanuel Macron will address the French at 8 p.m.
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Emmanuel Macron will address the French at 8 p.m.
Emmanuel Macron will speak to the French at 8 p.m., in a speech related to Ukraine and the international situation, announced the president on Wednesday morning on X.
“My dear compatriots, in this moment of great uncertainty when the world is faced with its greatest challenges, I will address you this evening at 8 pm,” he wrote.
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President Bélarusse proposes to welcome peace talks in Minsk
Alexandre Loukachenko offered to welcome Minsk peace talks to Ukraine, launching an invitation to his American counterparts Donald Trump, Russian Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview published this Wednesday.
“Tell Trump that I am waiting for him here, together with Putin and Zelensky,” President Bélarusse said in this video interview to the American blogger Mario Nawfal recorded on February 27, according to the official news agency Belta. “We are going to sit down and agree quietly. If you want to agree,” continued the leader, in power since 1994.
According to him, “we must agree” with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, “since a large part of Ukrainian society is behind him”. “There are only 200 km between the Bélarusian border and kyiv. Half an hour by plane. Come,” he insisted.
Allied close to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Alexandre Loukachenko also praised the will displayed by Donald Trump to end the conflict in Ukraine as quickly as possible. “Trump is a good guy, he often says and already does something to put an end to the war in Ukraine, the war in the Middle East.”
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Germany wants to invest hundreds of billions of euros in the defense and the economy
Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and in view of the current fracture with the United States, Germany wants to unlock unprecedented investments to strengthen its army. The German conservative and social democratic parties, which negotiate the formation of the future government, announced Tuesday evening wanting to devote several hundred billion euros to strengthen the country’s defense and economy. “Given the dangers that threaten our freedom and peace on our continent, the watchword for our defense must be: whatever it costs!” Said the future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
At the same time, he announced that he wanted to obtain an agreement to unlock additional military aid between 3 and 3.5 billion euros for Ukraine, following the United States’s decision to suspend theirs.
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Donald Trump says Volodymyr Zelensky is “ready” to negotiate with Russia
In a speech to Congress, Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he had a lively exchange last Friday, would be “ready” to negotiate with Russia and to sign an agreement on minerals. “I received an important letter from Ukrainian President Zelensky. The letter says that Ukraine is ready to sit at the negotiation table as soon as possible to get closer to lasting peace,” said the American president.
“He said: ‘My team and I are ready to work under the energetic leadership of President Trump to obtain lasting peace. We really appreciate everything that America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence,” he continued, a few hours after Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a truce with Russia in the air and at sea.
“With regard to the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it at the time that will suit you,” said Donald Trump, adding: “I appreciate that he sent this letter. I received it a short time ago”.
“Simultaneously, we have had serious discussions with Russia and we have received strong signals indicating that they are ready for peace,” said the American president. “Isn’t that beautiful?”