Trump gives up talks with Putin: I didn't want a failed date

US President Donald Trump has declared that he did not want a failed “appointment”, as plans for a face-to-face conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine were suspended.

Trump, in a statement by the White House on Tuesday, implied that Russia's refusal to stop fighting along the current front line remains the main blockade.

Earlier, a senior White House official said that “does not have plans” for a Trump Pin “meeting in the near future, rejecting the president's statement last week, where he said they would hold talks in Budapest within two weeks.

This week, the fundamental differences between American and Russian proposals for peace became clearer, clouding opportunities for a real summit. Trump and Putin met for the last time in August in Alaska, at an improvised summit that did not produce any concrete results.

The decision to suspend plans for a second meeting is seen as an attempt by the White House to avoid another unsuccessful confrontation.

“I suppose the Russians demanded a lot and for Americans it became clear there would be no agreement for Trump in Budapest,” said a senior European diplomat for the Reuters agency.

A preparation meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was scheduled for this week, but it was canceled after a call between them that, according to the White House, was <x0...productive” and made a physical meeting unnecessary.

On Monday, Trump publicly supported a ceasefire proposal supported by Kiev and European leaders, aimed at freezing the conflict along the current front line.

“Let's wait where it is,” said Trump. I said: stop at the battle line. Go home. Stop the war, stop the killing. ”

Russia has consistently rejected the idea of freezing the conflict on the current contact line. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this idea has been proposed several times, but Russia's stance has not changed -- it requires the full withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east, the tch conveys.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia wants a long-term and stable <x0 peace “, meaning that a frozen ceasefire would only be temporary. He stressed that the core conflicts “should be addressed, the term that for the Kremlin includes recognition of Russian sovereignty over Donbas and the disarming of Ukraine, unacceptable requests for Kiev and Western partners.

The same day, European leaders published a joint statement with Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky, stressing that any talk about ending the war should begin with freezing the current front line. They accused Russia of “not serious for peace”.

Zelensky called this starting point “the beginning of diplomacy”, but added that Russia is avoiding this step at all costs. According to him, the only thing that can force Moscow to sit at the negotiating table is the supply of Ukraine with long-range weapons. /Periscope/