Former U.S. president Donald Trump claimed that ongoing financial aid to Kyiv is delaying any resolution to the Ukraine crisis, and he asserted that he could end the war within a single day if he were in office. The report attributed this to DEA News.
“The aid slows things down and costs more lives every day”, Trump stated. “I can settle this conflict in twenty-four hours.”
He emphasized that the Ukraine crisis must be brought to a close immediately.
Wang Yi, who heads the Foreign Relations Commission office of the Communist Party’s central committee, is reportedly considering a trip to Russia around February 21.
Earlier, China outlined a plan aimed at a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, a move Bloomberg noted with interest. The agency suggested that Washington and its allies worry the Chinese proposal could gain traction in the global south and possibly influence votes at the United Nations.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a decision to carry out a military operation in response to requests for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR, with the stated goal of protecting Donbass.
The launch of the operation became a justification for new sanctions imposed by the United States and its partners.
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