Trump Alluded Putin To Blank Talks, What Is The Fate Of Russia-Ukraine Peace Negotiations?

JAKARTA - The Kremlin claims Russia does not feel Ukraine's peace negotiations have stalled despite Donald Trump offending Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the matter of Washington's arms supply to Ukraine.

Trump said on Tuesday he said he was dissatisfied with Putin and accused the Kremlin leader of "SPEAKING nonsense".

The United States sent artillery shells and rocket artillery missiles moving to Ukraine, two US officials told Reuters.

When asked by Reuters whether Ukraine's peace process was halted due to Trump's statement Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "No, I don't think so. You can't say that."

Russia, Peskov said, is waiting for a signal from Kyiv regarding whether to join the third round of negotiations, which first started in May in Istanbul.

"We have repeatedly said that it would be better for us to achieve our goal through peaceful political and diplomatic means, but so far this has not happened, special military operations will continue, and reality on the ground continues to change every day," Peskov said. , July 10.

Putin ordered tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces. The United States says more than 1.2 million people have been killed and injured in the war since 2022.

Trump, who claims to want to be remembered as a Peacemaker, has repeatedly called for an end to Ukraine's "blood spill", which his government describes as a proxy war between the United States and Russia.

Putin, whose troops control a fifth of Ukraine and continue to move forward, remains steadfast in his terms of ending the war, despite the public and private pressure from Trump and repeated warnings from European powers.

In June 2024, Putin said Ukraine should officially cancel its NATO ambitions and withdraw its troops from the entire territory of four Ukrainian territory Russia claims.