Vladimir Putin says he has reached “understanding” with Donald Trump because of the end of the war

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has reached “understanding” with US President Donald Trump at the end of Ukraine, at their Alaska meeting last month.

But he did not say whether he would agree to the peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, who was mediated by Trump, who apparently gave Monday as a deadline for Putin’s reaction.

Speaking during a summit in China, Putin continued to defend his decision to invade Ukraine, again blaming the Western war.

After Alaska’s meetingThe US Special Envoy Steve Vikof said that Putin has agreed to guarantee the security of Ukraine as part of a potential future peace deal, although Moscow has not yet confirmed it.

Putin spoke in Tianzin at the Shanhai Cooperation Summit, where he met Jinping and Narendra Modi.

He thanked the Chinese and Indian leaders for their support and efforts to “facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis.”

China and India are the largest buyers of Russian raw oil, attracting criticism from the West that they are pushing the Russian economy, which has been bathed by military efforts.

In his speech, Putin also said that “the understanding reached” at his meeting with Trump in Alaska are “I hope, moving in this direction, opening the path to peace in Ukraine.”

At the same time, he reiterated that “this crisis was not caused by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but is the result of a coup in Ukraine, which was supported and provoked by the West.”

He also attributes the war to “the West’s permanent attempts to entice Ukraine to NATO.”

The Russian president is constantly opposing the idea of ​​Ukraine to join the Western Military Alliance.

It was in 2014 that Putin seized Crimea and Russian proxies grabbed part of Eastern Ukraine. Years later, in February 2022, Then Putin ordered Russia a full -scale invasion of Ukraine.

Putin’s last comments come days after Russia launched its Second the largest air attack of Ukraine in the war.

On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said Putin was confronted with the deadline on Monday, set by Trump to agree to peace talks with Zelenski.

If the Russian leader disagrees, “this will show that President Putin has played President Trump,” Macron said.

But in an interview with CNN, on August 22, Trump himself again gave Putin a “few weeks” to answer before the United States to take action, in the last series of ultimatums and terms he has issued to the Russian leader.

Earlier, Trump said he could decide the war in Ukraine in a day.

After his meeting with Putin last month, Trump declined to request the fire and instead called for a constant peace deal.

He also met with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, along with the best European leaders who visited an emergency visit to Washington.

Trump insisted that there would be no “he will not enter NATO from Ukraine” as part of a peace deal.

But he also hinted that there would be security guarantees, saying that Europe was the “first line of defense” and that the US would participate.

“We will give them good protection,” he said, although he clarified that this will not mean sending American troops to Ukraine.

President Steve’s special envoy also told CNN that Putin agreed with security guarantees.

He said this would see that the US and Europe “effectively offer language 5, similar to Article 5 to cover a security guarantee”, citing a NATO clause indicating that Member States should protect another member who has been attack.

Zelenski said she expects a security framework to be exposed to paper right after this week.

But last Friday, Russia criticized Western proposals as “one -sided and clearly designed to contain Russia”, adding that it turned Kiev into a “strategic provocateur”.

The Russian attacks also continued. Last Thursday, Moscow launched 629 drones and rockets in Kiev, killing 23 people in one of the largest air attacks of the war so far, which caused outrage from European leaders.

Since then, Germany and France have promised to put pressure on Russia to agree to a deal.

Zelenski, meanwhile, has Rejected suggestions for buffer zone With Russia as part of a peaceful deal.

He accused Russia of not ready for diplomacy and was looking for ways to postpone the end of the war.