Following their phone call on Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are laying the groundwork for a summit between the two nations with the aim of bringing an end to the Ukraine war.
“They will focus on a separate meeting, they also agreed that instructions would be immediately given to the relevant assistants so that they would begin the relevant work,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
Trump indicated that Ukrainian ruler Vladimir Zelensky will probably not be at the peace summit. Trump previously directed Zelensky to hold peace talks with Russia but Zelensky just wanted nuclear weapons. The Ukrainian’s ‘victory plan‘ calls for de-facto war with Russia, NATO membership and three classified goals. Zelensky’s top aide even believes direct war between the U.S. and Russia would be good for Ukraine.
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It is unclear where the summit will be held but some reports indicate a neutral country such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates may host the event.
Interestingly, the idea to hold this summit predates Wednesday’s call.
“Reports suggested earlier that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had been identified as potential venues for a summit between Trump and Putin. The two Middle Eastern nations have maintained neutrality throughout the conflict, engaging in dialogue with both the Russian and Ukrainian leaders,” RT said February 6.
Trump himself said that Saudi Arabia will likely be the venue and that the encounter is likely to happen in the not too distant future.
“The first time we’ll meet in Saudi Arabia, see if we can get something done… We know the Crown Prince [Mohammed bin Salman], and I think it’d be a very good place to meet,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday.
The two Presidents also exchanged invites to each other.
“In fact, we expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll go there,” Trump said.
“There is definitely a need for such a [Trump-Putin] meeting to be held promptly. The heads of state have a lot to talk about,” Peskov said Wednesday. “It is also impossible to speculate on any deadlines at this point, because the work will only begin these days.”
Following Wednesday’s call, Trump discussed a meeting (not to be confused with the summit) set for Friday in Germany featuring Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This is notable as some Western European figures wish to keep the war going.
Trump also detailed the substance of his Wednesday call with Putin as well as his agenda to bring an end to the conflict.
Wednesday’s call was the first time leaders of the two countries had dialogue since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022, as former President Joe Biden refused to speak with Putin.
Trump understands that the policy of Biden to never compromise with Russia will only keep the war going until the last Ukrainian and lead to a potential nuclear war. Trump’s policy does include compromises with Russia in order to stop the killing from the conflict and prevent human extermination via nuclear war.
“Trump has since signaled that he is ‘okay’ with keeping Ukraine out of NATO and suggested that it is ‘unlikely’ that Kiev could regain all of the territory it has lost to Russia over the past decade,” RT said Thursday.
These compromises don’t just counter the war-hawk policies of the Biden administration but that of Zelensky who does not wish to compromise on anything with Russia, wants to keep the war going and join NATO and even wants nuclear weapons of his own.
Russia itself has signaled Wednesday that it will not swap Ukrainian land it’s captured for Russian land Ukraine has captured, rather, Russia seeks to keep the Ukrainian land and retake its own land. Notably, the Ukrainian land Russia has captured contains Russian speaking peoples who generally side with the Russians.
As a peace negotiation summit is being prepared, the threat of false flags to escalate the war intensify. Russia has recently claimed Ukraine is preparing false flags to draw NATO into direct war with Russia.