According to CCTV News on October 18, Kirill Dmitriev, Russia's special representative of the President for foreign investment and economic cooperation, recently proposed that, Work with the United States to build a ¡°Putin-Trump Tunnel¡± in the Beirut Strait to connect the two countries and jointly explore natural resources.US President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky on the 17th, during which they were asked by reporters about this matter. Trump said the proposal was ¡°fun,¡± but Zelensky replied as ¡°unsatisfied.¡±

A possible route for the tunnel.

According to Agence France-Presse and Reuters, Dmitriyev put forward the above idea on American entrepreneur Musk's social media X platform on the evening of the 16th. He said the idea of building a "bridge of peace" between Russia and the U.S. state of Alaska dates back to the Cold War and released a draft route drawn that year and a possible route map for a new tunnel.

Dmitriyev proposed that the tunnel be built by Musk's tunnel construction company BolinThe reason is that the cost of traditional pricing is more than $65 billion, but with Bohlin¡¯s technology, the cost can be reduced to $8 billion.

Russia and Alaska are separated by the Bering Strait. The narrowest part of the strait is about 82 kilometers wide, while the closest distance between the islands belonging to the United States and Russia is only about 4 kilometers.

Just on the 16th, Trump made a phone call with Russian President Putin, then announced that the two heads of state would soon meet in Hungary's capital Budapest. Reuters that Dmitryev issued this proposal after the call, intending to build a tunnel to launch a "charming offensive" against the United States and restart the relations between the two countries.

Asked by reporters about the Russian proposal for a tunnel from Russia to Alaska, Trump said: ¡°A tunnel from Russia to Alaska is ... interesting.¡±¡°He said he just learned about this potential cross-border project and asked Zelensky: ¡°Mr. President, what do you think about this idea?¡±Zelensky replied: ¡°I¡¯m not happy with it.¡±

According to Xinhua Agency, U.S. President Trump held talks with Ukraine President Zelensky at the White House on October 17. Rule out the possibility of holding a tripartite meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and Ukraine in the near future, and lowered the tone on the possible provision of Tomahawk cruise missiles by the United States to Ukraine.

Image for Trump, Zelensky and Putin Image source: Visual China

In the press opening before the closed-door talks, Trump said that according to his vision, what is to be held in Hungary will be his "bilateral meeting" with Russian President Putin, rather than the tripartite talks with US-Russian leaders.

Zelensky said the "impulsion" brought by the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would help end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict that lasted for more than three and a half years and that obtaining security is the "most important thing" for Ukraine.

Regarding the issue of the ¡°Tax¡± missiles, Trump said the United States also needs the ¡°Tax¡± and other weapons made by the United States that have already been shipped to Ukraine. At the same time, he acknowledged that providing a ¡°strike ax¡± to Ukraine would lead to an ¡°escalation¡± of the situation and said that ¡°we hope that we will be able to end the war without considering the ¡°strike ax¡± missiles.¡±

Earlier this year, Trump pressured Ukraine to make concessions on territorial issues to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In late September, he declared that Ukraine had the ability to "recapture the entire Ukraine" and restore the original state of the territory. On the 17th, when asked by reporters whether Ukraine needed to exchange territory for peace, Trump just said, "No one knows."

Trump says he does not intend to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missile data map at present

Asked what concessions Ukraine was willing to make to end the conflict, Zelensky said, first, it was necessary to sit down and talk, and secondly, a ceasefire.He accused Russia of not wanting to return to the negotiating table and called on the United States to put pressure on Russia.Zelensky also said that Russia recently attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure and that U.S. energy companies are ready to help.

On August 15, Trump and Putin held the first face-to-face meeting between U.S. and Russian leaders in more than four years in Anchorage, Alaska, but no agreement was reached. Russia-Ukraine ceasefire negotiations have so far reached a deadlock. On the 16th of this month, Trump and Putin had a long phone call and later announced that the two would meet in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in the near future.

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