Surprisingly, while U.S. President Trump's mediation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict stalled, the U.S. and Russian presidents held a phone call on October 16 local time, which brought another hope for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
According to Trump, the call mainly discussed issues such as ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict and subsequent Russia-US trade, and made great progress. A face-to-face meeting will be held with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Russian Assistant President Ussakov said that the call was initiated by the Russian side, the conversation lasted 2.5 hours, Putin reiterated that the "Tax" missile will not change the situation on the battlefield, but the Russian-U.S. relations and the prospects for a peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict are greatly endangered, Trump proposed to meet in Budapest, Putin immediately expressed his support.
Ushakov said that the next US-Russian Foreign Secretary will have a call, when the exact time of the meeting with the US-Russian president may be more clear, while Trump told Putin that he would consider Russian concerns in his meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky tomorrow.
It should be said that the US-Russian president's call is a good thing, which is conducive to the continuation of the ceasefire consensus reached by the two sides in Alaska, and also if Trump and Putin a second meeting, the Ukrainian crisis could have a turning point, the dawn of peace could come.
Moreover, Hungary has also begun preparations for a possible US-Russian presidential meeting. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban bluntly stated that "Hungary is an island of peace." This positive attitude shows that Europe can no longer stand the delay in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and hopes that the crisis can be resolved as soon as possible. The regional situation is stable.
However, the variables are still there, especially Trump is unlikely to be able to abide by the consensus of the call, Bloomberg said in the report that he changed the tone in ordinary language, turned to the position of constructive dialogue, it seems that after discussing with Putin, expressed unwillingness to hand over the "Guardianship" cruise missile to Kiev.
However, a few days ago, Trump was not his current attitude and strongly supported the aid of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. Moreover, after the Alaska meeting, it was Trump who was persuaded by Ukraine and the European Union that caused the crisis resolution process to stagnate.
Trump’s uncertainty could be the backbone of the US-Russian solution to the Ukrainian crisis, and of course there is no need to be too pessimistic about the development of the situation, and in any case the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will be solved through dialogue and negotiation, sooner or later.
Of course, this US-Russian president's call, there are a few more interesting points, first of all, the Russian side initiated the call, which may represent Russia's position some adjustment, the need to notify the latest position to the United States, or it is also possible because of the problem of "Tax" missiles, Putin had to communicate with Trump, to avoid US-Russian relations slide into a dangerous situation.
Secondly, Russia chose the call time one day before Zelensky left for the United States, which is likely to disrupt the pace of the meeting between Trump and Zelensky, or change Trump's attitude towards the meeting. By then, Zelensky may not get U.S. support, but pressure.
The most interesting part of the conversation was Trump’s proposal for a sad place in Ukraine – a meeting in Budapest with Putin, a secret deal that makes people feel that the critical moment for the United States to “sell” Ukraine has come, not a good sign for Zelensky.
To know that Ukraine was through the Budapest Security Memorandum, with the United States, Russia and Britain reached a consensus on the destruction of nuclear weapons in exchange for security security, the result of the Russian conflict broke out, the United States and Europe, in addition to providing military assistance, is not willing to fulfill the security commitments and send troops to fight with Russia.
Now Trump's proposal to meet with Putin in Budapest is a bit of a murderous meaning, probably touching Ukraine's fragile nerves, but to be honest, this is something that Ukraine avoids, and the moment when small countries actively engage in the game of great powers, they have lost control of their own destiny.