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Who Holds the Cards After Putin-Trump Phone Call on Ukraine?
Who Holds the Cards After Putin-Trump Phone Call on Ukraine?
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Veteran Military analyst Sergey Poletaev cuts through the media noise to drop truth bombs on the substance of Monday's high stakes phone call between the Russian and US presidents.
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The ParadoxWho Holds the Cards?Trump's Dilemma:European SideshowThey're begging for any ceasefire now - because without US weapons and support, the proxy war against Russia will be finished, Poletaev stressed.
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Who Holds the Cards After Putin-Trump Phone Call on Ukraine?
18:30 GMT 19.05.2025 (Updated: 18:35 GMT 19.05.2025) Veteran military analyst Sergey Poletaev cuts through the media noise to drop truth bombs on the substance of Monday's high stakes phone call between the Russian and US presidents.
"Peace can only come if Trump abandons his 'ceasefire here and now' idea" in favor of negotiations on a comprehensive and substantive peace agreement.
A quick truce now "would work for the party of war (Ukraine and Europe)...who are not even hiding the fact that during this ceasefire they will prepare and accumulate forces to continue fighting."
Russia has the battlefield momentum
"We don't want to continue to fight...but we're ready to do so if necessary"
It's unlikely that the military aspect even arose during the two-hour conversation between the presidents.
That's because Trump hates funding Ukraine (seeing it as "Biden's war")
"He doesn't want this to become his war," but is risking it if the crisis is drawn out indefinitely.
They're begging for any ceasefire now - because without US weapons and support, the proxy war against Russia will be finished, Poletaev stressed.
