War

Thousand sixty -ninth days. Journalists call the timing of the beginning of peace negotiations - and tell how Trump and Putin exchange “empty threats” and “flattering” comments

Andre Luis Alves / Anadolu / Getty Images Ukrainian FPV throne operator in an hour-long Yar, which Russian troops are offering

Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air. In our daily materials, we dwell in detail on several plots that right now affect the course of the war. And we also publish your letters, because we are sure: we need to continue to talk about the war. Please share the opinion of the Russians who voluntarily conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense, and if you have such acquaintances, tell us about them and about their motives. Look for a feedback form at the end of this article. The review of the previous day can be read here .

Ukraine

The Ukrainian and Turkish media called the deadlines for peace negotiations. The authorities of Ukraine called for media to be prudent

On January 26, the Ukrainian edition of Strana.ua published the “100-day plan” of US President Donald Trump about the completion of the Russian-Ukrainian war. A document whose authenticity is not confirmed contains a schedule for the end of the war, as well as the terms of the peace agreement. It is alleged that the United States transferred this document to European diplomats.

According to the schedule, which was presented by the publication, in late January - early February, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin may be held, after which the negotiations will either be suspended or continued. In the event of their continuation, the Trump team offers the following plan:

February - March: Trump's meeting with Zelensky and Putin, three of them or separately;
April 20: a ceasefire announcement, withdrawal of the military Armed Forces from the Kursk region;
End of April: the beginning of the work of the International Peace Conference, which will record an agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the end of the war;
End of April: the exchange of prisoners of “all for all”;
Until May 9 : Declaration of the International Peace Conference on the Completion of War.

Andrei Ermak, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine and the second most influential politician in the country, said that "no" peaceful plans "for" 100 days "in the media in reality." “Only stuffing, which the Russians most often are masking under this,” Yermak said on January 26.

The day after the publication of the Publication of “Countries.ua”, on January 27, the possible deadlines for the peace negotiations were called the observer of the large Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Abdulkadir Selevi. According to him, negotiations on the end of the war are expected to begin in April-May after the parties announce the ceasefire. Selevi believes that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can act as an intermediary in negotiations, since, like Trump, he can communicate with Putin and Zelensky.

The Hurriyet observer added that now the roadmap is being “developed”, after which the parties will announce the ceasefire, and the sanctions against Russia will be reviewed. “It is unlikely that the decision on the occupied territories will be made in the near future,” said Abdulkadir Selvi.

The head of the Center for Combating the misinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrei Kovalenko, after the publications of “Country.ua” and Hurriyet, said that the information “with the dates of the end of the war and the beginning of negotiations”, which appeared in the media of different countries, “does not correspond at all ". “This topic is hype, foreign media can be understood that our public and media are important to approach this more prudently,” Kovalenko said .

“Ukrainian Pravda” issued on January 27 the material about the new political season in Ukraine, in which it led the opinion of the country's head of the country Kirill Budanov about the need for negotiations. An unnamed Ukrainian deputy told the publication that the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine spoke about this at a closed meeting in the Verkhovna Rada. At the meeting, designed to show the “real state of affairs in the war”, Budanov was asked: “How much time do we still have?” In response, according to the source, Budanov said : “If there are no serious negotiations before the summer, then very dangerous processes for the very existence of Ukraine may start.”

According to Socis’s poll, the Ukrainian Pravda cites, 50.6% of the Ukrainians surveyed advocate to immediately end fire and start negotiations. Every fifth (19.5%) supports the decision to freeze the conflict on the current front line, 14.7% believe that it is necessary to continue the war until the borders of the 1991 borders are restored, and 10.2% - that you need to return to the borders as of February 23, 2022 years.

Against this background of the bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), it decided to organize urgent debate in Ukraine to determine the role of Europe in future peace negotiations, the European Truth correspondent from Strasbourg reports .

World

In addition to war, Putin and Trump can also discuss nuclear disarmament

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin “circled” for the last week around each other: the American president performed with “empty threats”, and the Russian one answered “flattering” remarks, writes The New York Times on January 27. In particular, Putinsaid that if the US president in 2022 was Trump, Russia with Ukraine could have been avoided (Trump spoke about this repeatedly). According to Nyt journalists, Trump and Putin believe that "the only way to put an end to the war in Ukraine is their meeting, presumably, without Ukrainians."

However, from the statements of the presidents of the United States and Russia it becomes clear what other issues, in addition to the war, they can discuss. The New York Times believes that one of the topics may be a reduction in strategic nuclear weapons. Both Trump and Putin previously said in January that they were interested in such a discussion.

The last negotiations of the United States and Russia to control nuclear weapons ceased shortly before the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 2022. Since then, Putin has repeatedly tried to mix both of these issues-nuclear disarmament and the Russian-Ukrainian war. The administration of the 46th US President Joe Biden refused to discuss these two topics together, fearing that Putin was seeking to get various concessions, including those associated with the seized territory in Ukraine, writes The New York Times.

However, Trump, as noted by the publication, is open to wider negotiations, which Putin would like.

War through the eyes of readers "Medusa"

Vitaly (Israel). One of the Moscow acquaintances went to the war - a well -educated man in a little fifty, with a six -digit salary and without visible material problems. He himself is a widower, his beloved daughter remained at home, who last year entered the first year of university. And two more dogs and a huge collection of brands that he passionately collects all his life, almost since childhood.
The most interesting thing is that before the war he seemed to be not at all interested in politics, but then it moved: “Homeland is in danger”, “this is like in the forty -first”, “who, if not us” and so on. No persuasion of his daughter helped, he volunteered for the military enlistment office, remembering that once in the army, even under the Union, he was a truck driver. It was in October 2022, since then I stopped communicating with him. And in November last year, the daughter had an anniversary, 20 years. I congratulated her on the phone and could not stand it - asked in a conversation as a father. In response, she burst into tears.
He discharged from the hospital in the summer of 2023, after a severe wound to the head, the doctors barely pulled him out of the world. As a result, blind on both eyes, the face is mutilated. Since then, he has been sitting at home, does not go outside at all and scolds everyone - Putin, army, TV, propaganda. He also cries every time he touches on the shelves albums with stamps that he will never see again. The daughter sits next to him, takes catalogs, opens the album and begins to tell what brands in it. And from memory he makes a list for the sale of a collection, which is now useless.

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