Depressed, Trump hinted on suspending his Ukrainian peace efforts, Trump¡¯s Russia-Ukraine peace plan was suspended for four days, and the ¡°major tactical mistake¡± in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.

The US media, such as the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, continued to chant the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks program pushed by U.S. President Trump. Trump also said on 22nd that he was "unhappy" and would be limited to two weeks to assess the possibility of Russian-Ukrainian peace talks.

At about 2 pm Eastern Time on August 18, U.S. President Trump, Ukraine President Zelensky and several European leaders held a multi-party meeting at the U.S. White House. Xinhua Agency/Midland

"Optimism is fading"

The leaders of the United States and Ukraine met at the White House on the 18th. At that time, Trump said with confidence that Russia and Ukraine did not need to cease fire first, but could "directly enter" peace negotiations and reach a peace agreement. He hoped to hold a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders before the end of this month.

On the 21st, Trump posted a vague post on social media: "Winning a war without attacking an aggressive country is extremely difficult, if not impossible. It's like a strong sports team with excellent defense but banned from attacking-there's no way to win! This is the situation in Ukraine and Russia."

Trump posted a post on social media on the 21st.

Some Western media interpreted this as Trump's message to Ukraine President Zelensky that Ukraine "cannot win at all"; some Western media believed that this was Trump's instigation of Ukraine to attack Russia.

Russia stated on the 22nd that the meeting between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine has not yet been included in the agenda. An American reporter asked a question about this: What will the US do if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not meet with Zelensky? Trump's answer is: "I will see whose fault it is." "If there is a reason, I will understand it-I am fully aware of my decision... If they didn't meet, why not? I let them meet."

According to Trump¡¯s latest statement, if there is no progress on ending the Russian-Ukrainian conflict within two weeks, the U.S. will either take action on Russia and it will be a very important decision, with mass sanctions or mass tariffs, or both, or none.

Meanwhile, Trump referred to the attack on a U.S. company¡¯s factory in Ukraine.The Ukrainian side said the Russian attack resulted in fires and many people were injured.Trump said he was ¡°unhappy about this¡± and ¡°I am not happy about anything related to that war.¡±

The Washington Post commented that Trump's latest remarks marked a "major change" in his position. The Wall Street Journal commented that the change in Trump's attitude highlights that the optimism of Trump's mediation to end the war again is fading.

The Associated Press that only four days since the meeting on 18th, Trump¡¯s optimism declined.The Guardian that Trump¡¯s remarks clearly indicated that he was frustrated by the slow progress of a potential peace deal.

On August 15, US President Trump (right) and Russian President Putin jointly attended a joint press conference after meeting at the Elmendov-Richardson Joint Military Base in Anchorage, Alaska.

A major tactical mistake.

During the past week, Trump has repeatedly said that Russia and Ukraine should sign a peace agreement directly, rather than a ceasefire agreement, and that the two sides can ¡°talk side by side¡±.

Richard Hass, the honorary chairman of the American Association for Foreign Relations, said in an interview with the US Political Journal that not allowing Russia to first reach a ceasefire and directly reach a peace agreement was a major tactical mistake, which is highly likely to delay the war and make it difficult to end the conflict.

Has said a ceasefire is the most ideal and realistic goal at the moment, with both sides stopping hostilities and ending military contacts.The formal peace talks will take a long time, as it will involve many complex issues.

Regarding the idea of a direct peace agreement, Haas commented that such an idea is only valuable when the preconditions for achieving a lasting peace are all in place. Obviously, such preconditions do not exist at present, and there are huge differences between Zelensky and Putin.

On August 18, U.S. President Donald Trump (CNN) met Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House in Washington.

The meeting between Russia and Ukraine leaders is difficult

Currently, the outside world is paying attention to whether the Russian-Ukrainian leaders' meeting can be held. Judging from the latest statements made by all parties, there are still many uncertainties in the meeting between Putin and Zelensky.

After the White House meeting between the leaders of the United States, Ukraine and Europe, Russian Presidential Assistant Ushakov said that Putin had a phone conversation with Trump at the request. The two sides expressed support for the proposal that the Russian-Ukrainian delegation continue direct negotiations, and also discussed the idea of "studying and improving the possibility of directly negotiating representative levels between Russia and Ukraine."

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said on the 21st that Zelensky has not abolished the ban on direct negotiations with Putin so far. "Ukraine's call for the summit meeting is just to show so-called constructiveness in the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis and use this way to replace serious, arduous and sustainable efforts to solve the crisis." Lavrov said on the 22nd that the meeting between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine has not yet been included in the agenda, but Putin is willing to meet with Zelensky after the meeting agenda is determined. He also emphasized that "some principles that the United States believes need to be accepted include not joining NATO and territorial issues, but Zelensky said 'no'".

The Ukrainian side recently stressed the issue of security, arms assistance, etc. Zelensky said that if the Russian side does not agree to end the conflict through diplomatic means, it would be necessary to impose really strong sanctions on Russia.

According to western media analysis, all parties have not yet reached an agreement on issues such as Ukraine's security guarantee, Ukraine's non-accession to NATO and territorial issues. It is very difficult for the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to meet. The Associated Press reported that the current momentum of peace negotiations has stalled, and there is no indication that the bilateral meeting between Russia and Ukraine promoted by the White House is being prepared.

¡°There is a huge hatred between Russia and Ukraine, but we¡¯ll see what happens,¡± Trump told reporters at the White House Oval Office on Saturday, saying, ¡°I think in two weeks we¡¯ll know which way I¡¯m going.¡±

Original title: "Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace talks plan is quickly stalled? American media sings bad "

Column editor-in-chief: Gu Wanquan Text editor: Fu Lu

Source: Author: Xinhua International Headline