Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.
The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.
The discussions centered on whether Ukraine could hold quick presidential elections.
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Four senior members of President Donald Trump’s entourage have held discussions with some of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top political opponents, Politico reported on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteTalks were held with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and senior members of the party of Former President Petro Poroshenko, Politico reported, citing three Ukrainian lawmakers and a US Republican foreign policy expert.
Discussions were held on whether Ukraine could have quick presidential elections, according to the report.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war between the United States and Russia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged.
ReplyDelete"It's been very clear from the beginning that President Trump views this as a protracted, stalemated conflict. And frankly, it's a proxy war between nuclear powers, the United States helping Ukraine and Russia, and it needs to come to an end," he said in an interview with Fox News.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led security bloc, will be ready to offer its assistance if the European Union opts to send troops to Ukraine, CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov said.
ReplyDelete"This is not the first time when European capitals look at sending military contingents to Ukraine. However, such contingents are not officially present there. The reason is that this may create a dangerous situation for the region. <…> If such risks emerge, the CSTO will be ready to offer various options of assistance under the organization’s statutory documents and, naturally, approved by all of its member states," he said in an interview with the Izvestia daily.