President of the United States of America Donald Trump is considering various options for influencing Russian dictator Putin to end the war in Ukraine. First of all, we can talk about economic leverage.
This was said by retired General Keith Kellog, candidate Trump for the position of special representative in Ukraine and Russia, in an interview with Fox News on Friday, January 24. According to him, Trump is “the only one who can steal the edge” from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
KELLOLA said that the Russian war against Ukraine will not be over on the battlefield, because not only diplomacy plays a key role, but also the economy.
According to him, Trump’s economic strategy involves manipulating the global oil market in order to weaken the Russian economy..
He (Donald Trump. – Ed. ) focused on economics. He spoke, for example, in Davos, about the price of oil. Russia receives billions of dollars from oil sale. If the price falls, say, up to $ 45 per barrel, then it will be a kind of breakdown point. If you reach this point, you will really harm the Russian economy. president. It comes from economic and diplomatic considerations,"
In addition, the special representative said that the Trump administration is considering the possibility of using frozen Russian assets to purchase American weapons. This, according to him, is a “topic for discussion”, but Trump does not believe that this will be a solution to the problem.
According to KELLLOL, the provision of weapons to Ukraine is an important point, but Trump is likely to use other approaches.
The US President understands that Putin does not take into account the large losses of his troops on the battlefield, so it will not be effective to simply tell him: “Stop the killing.”.
" It is necessary to approach this differently, ”said Kellog.
- January 24, Putin, in an interview with the Russian state television channel, said that he was allegedly ready for peace negotiations and meeting Trump.
- The head of OP Andrei Ermak said that the dictator is trying to promote the idea of \u200b\u200bnegotiations with the United States of America about Ukraine, but without the participation of Ukraine. But it doesn't work like that in the modern world.
- On the eve of Trump said that Zelensky wants to stop the war, but Ukraine seemed to be not supposed to defend himself from a full -scale invasion, but immediately " At the same time, he condemned the Russian attack and said that Biden “authorized” the Kremlin to go to war because his predecessor’s energy policies “made Putin richer.”.