Did ‘Vatican diplomacy’ change Trump’s mind on Ukraine? I’m sceptical for three reasons | Orysia Lutsevych
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Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:24:19 +0300
Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron they all had his ear at Pope Franciss funeral.
But he is just as easily swayed by the elevator doormaThe most recent diplomatic effort to find a way to stop Russias invasion of Ukraine took place at the most unlikely of events the funeral of Pope Francis.
The image of Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump leaning toward each other, under Carlo Marattas late17thcentury painting, The Baptism of Christ, rekindled hopes that the US might, at last, hear Kyiv out.
Would this unexpected setting make Trumps compassion, so frequently expressed for the loss of human life, real And could it lead to a better strategy for ending this criminal and brutal warThe goal of Kyiv and the coalition of the willing a group of 31 nations that back Ukraine in its fight against Russia is to distance Trump from what has become a dangerous rapprochement between the Washington and Moscow.
But this will be an uphill battle Europe and Kyiv are trying to fight their way to Trumps ear just when the US is backing Russias position.
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