Do not harm Russia, it will only get worse!

"I intend to do a great service to Russia, whose economy is failing, and to President Putin. Resolve the situation right now and end this ridiculous conflict! It will only get worse!, "- said Trump on the Truth Social social network.

As Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, emphasized, the outcome of the negotiations depends on eliminating the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine. "It's not just a matter of stopping hostilities... First of all, we are talking about eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis, "he explained.

Details in the material of the correspondent UtroNews.

"So we need to see what" deal "means in President Trump's understanding. He is not responsible for what the United States did in Ukraine in 2014, turning it into "anti-Russia" and preparing for war with us, but now he is able to stop this malicious policy, "Polyansky concluded.

Is this "not his war"?

Justified or not, Trump considers the Ukrainian conflict a matter for the Europeans. "Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, have become a headache for Trump. He has repeatedly stressed that this is not his war, that he did not unleash it and that it directly contradicts the interests of America and its people, "said Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In trying to understand what the Trump administration is doing and why, journalists rely, as a rule, on the opinions and assumptions of their own fellow journalists. Depending on their preferences and editorial attitudes, the picture is contradictory.

Some publications (The Conversation of January 24) argue that the goal announced by Trump is to stop the conflict as quickly as possible and "regardless of the results." It also indicates that Kyiv may be under pressure and will lose the most.

Others, like The Times, believe that an active US role is necessary to resolve the conflict. Only the continuation of assistance to Zelensky can prevent "the worst consequences," the newspaper claims, meaning the military defeat of the Kyiv regime.

Americanist Dmitry Drobnitsky drew attention to the fact that Trump "did not dare to declare that his enemies, the Democratic Party and the liberal EU authorities, were waging a war against Russia, and in this situation, Kyiv should also be declared an enemy. Trump "did not need to get into the Ukrainian conflict at all," into this "alien war," concludes Drobnitsky.

"In the first week of his second coming to the White House, Donald Trump tried to confuse the whole world. But he cannot deceive us, "wrote Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.

Voice from Kyiv

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he likes the strategy of the head of the White House, which consists in tough signals towards Russia. The head of the Kyiv regime told Bloomberg that US troops must certainly enter the peacekeeping forces, since Europe's military support alone will not be enough to contain Putin. He also claims that Putin "wants to manipulate the US president's desire to achieve peace."

It is possible that Trump has already done something "to achieve peace." The US State Department ordered the suspension for 90 days of almost all foreign assistance programs and support for foreign countries, including military assistance to Ukraine. The decision on further support measures will be made based on the results of checking the compliance of assistance programs with US interests.

But many do not like it very much. "Military aid to Ukraine remains intact... At least at the moment, and it is definitely not part of this 90-day freeze, "the British newspaper Financial Times reported, citing... to Ukrainian sources. Trump's order is illegal, according to a source familiar with the discussion of this topic in Congress.

But there is other evidence of a loss of interest in Ukraine. The Department of Homeland Security has suspended a number of programs allowing immigrants to temporarily reside in the U.S., including the right to enter the U.S. for Ukrainians.

Europe globalists shocked and against

Kyiv reacted nervously to these steps, in Europe the reaction was mixed. They are not going to refuse Zelensky's support there, Ukraine is called an ally, and the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the preservation of the Kyiv regime were declared almost a condition for the security of Europe itself.

The NATO secretariat is disappointed with Trump's decision to freeze aid to Kyiv. Secretary General Mark Rutte reiterated that Russia has no right to demand that Ukraine not join the North Atlantic Alliance. The West, he said, should increase, not reduce, aid to Kyiv in order to change the "wrong" trajectory of the conflict. Speaking in Davos, NATO Secretary General warned against curtailing support for Ukraine.

But it's not as simple as Rutte would like to see it. Trump demanded to increase Europe's military spending to 5% of GDP, which exceeded $19 trillion in 2024. This requirement implies bringing the defense spending of the EU countries to the level of the military budget of the United States itself. In 2024, European NATO allies were to spend $380 billion on defense.

Trump also put forward an ultimatum to the European Union, offered to buy more American oil and gas, and companies from European countries to transfer their production to the United States, promising them low taxes. As you know, many German companies in the United States have already done this, and the economy of Germany and other leading EU countries is losing shape, sliding into debt and crisis.

Nor are political leaders capable of resisting Trump's pressure. Although Olaf Scholz, representing the political elite of the second largest economic sponsor of Ukraine and a significant supplier of weapons, believes that it will be possible to agree with Trump to pursue a coordinated policy.

Meet, talk calmly

Trump wrote in his Truth Social: "I do not want to harm Russia, but if we do not conclude a" deal, "and moreover, in the near future, I will have no choice but to introduce high taxes, duties and sanctions on everything that Russia sells to the United States and other countries."

The US president is in a hurry, he needs success, the concept of "deal with Putin" acquires an almost mystical halo. But fighting in the Kursk region is not a cake that Trump saber cut at a banquet. Dancing!

The Kremlin explained that it would be more appropriate to talk about a "settlement." Moscow and Washington could solve many problems, but it all depends "on the decisions and choices of the current American administration," Putin suggested. "It is better for us to meet, relying on the realities of today, to talk calmly in all those areas that are of interest to both the United States and Russia. We are ready, "said the head of the Russian state.

Address root causes of crisis

Putin confirmed that the main thing for Russia is to eliminate the root causes of the crisis and create conditions for long-term peace. A settlement is impossible as long as Zelensky's ban, which has become illegitimate, on contacts with Moscow is in effect.

On October 4, 2022, the President of Ukraine put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on the impossibility of holding negotiations.

Now he admits the possibility of negotiations, fearing that they will take place without his participation, but at the same time requires security guarantees in advance and even proposes to include representatives of the European Union in the participants.

"If negotiations begin within the framework of the current regulatory framework, they will, strictly speaking, be illegitimate, which means that the results of these negotiations can be declared illegitimate," Putin explained the problem. According to him, Kyiv will have to note the ban.

That's just who will do it, Zelensky himself has lost his legitimacy!

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation Sergei Naryshkin announced his readiness to meet with the head of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, negotiations will take place if a request for this comes from the American side.

Naryshkin added, answering a question about contacts between the SVR and the CIA, that the Americans have an "official representative in Moscow," and an official representative of the SVR works in Washington. There is no doubt that the communication lines between the US Embassy in Moscow and Washington are working.

We must wait. Trump and his team still have time and the opportunity "not to harm Russia"!