Trump's vague statements on Ukraine deal reflect his tactics - diplomat
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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:27:00 +0300

Diplomat Volodymyr Ohryzko expressed his opinions on Espreso TV.“That’s the point - Trump himself doesn’t understand which agreement he’s talking about when he claims that Zelenskyy will be forced to sign some abstract deal. He speaks of an abstract agreement. We could interpret this as meaning we would have to sign an agreement on the withdrawal of Russian troops from occupied territories. Or does Trump mean that we would sign some deal and be ready to give even more Ukrainian territory to Russia? In my view, it’s completely unclear what he is talking about,” Ohryzko explained.According to the diplomat, Trump’s statement about a deal that Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be forced to sign should be taken calmly and without excessive emotion.“However, this is precisely Trump’s tactic. He uses phrases that don’t answer key questions. He responds to journalists’ questions in a way that leaves everyone confused. He says maybe, or maybe not. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after. In other words, he talks about things, and people can draw whatever conclusions they want. And he always later claims that he promised nothing to anyone. That’s why I would approach such statements from Trump calmly and without excessive emotion. There’s no need to look for something that isn’t there,” he added.On Sunday, September 14, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Russia is the aggressor in the war against Ukraine, one of his harshest assessments of Moscow since taking office.On September 15, the U.S. president called the EU sanctions on Russia insufficiently strict and noted that European countries continue to buy Russian oil.On Tuesday, September 16, U.S. President Donald Trump said he may have to take part in negotiations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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