Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov doubts that Donald Trump, if elected head of the United States, will have a ‘magic wand’ to solve the Ukrainian conflict within 24 hours.
Donald Trump has repeatedly declared his ability to resolve the Ukrainian conflict. In March 2023, he assured that he would end hostilities in 24 hours. Trump also noted that if he wins the US election, he would immediately and personally appeal to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky to start negotiations.
‘I don’t think there is a magic wand. It is impossible to do anything within a day,’ Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the host of the programme ’Moscow. Kremlin. Putin’ Pavel Zarubin.
The Russian leader’s spokesman admitted that the Ukrainian conflict could possibly be resolved in the shortest possible time if the next US president withdraws support for Kiev.
‘Although, assuming that the next US president makes a statement during his inaugural speech that the US stands for peace and therefore ends its support for Ukraine, stops all military aid programmes and calls on the parties to sit down at the negotiating table, then in general, by morning, something in someone’s brain will have changed, especially in Kiev. We can imagine this hypothetically, but it is a fantasy,’ the Kremlin spokesman added.
Earlier, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitriy Medvedev, proposed a Russian version of a ‘peace formula’ for Ukraine. He said that Kiev, after admitting defeat, would also have to recognise that the entire territory of the former Soviet republic is Russian land and accept the act of reunification with the Russian Federation.