MOSCOW (Reuters) – US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold a phone call in the coming days or weeks, adding that it is unrealistic to seek to expel Russian soldiers from every inch of Ukrainian territory. He said.
Trump, who will return as US president on January 20, describes himself as a consummate dealmaker and has pledged to quickly end the war in Ukraine but has not explained how he can achieve this.
US Congressman Mike Waltz, the new national security adviser, told ABC on Sunday that the war had become a “chopper of people and resources” similar to World War I, with “the consequences of World War III,” ABC said.
“Everyone knows this has to end diplomatically,” Waltz, a Trump loyalist who also served in the National Guard as a colonel, told ABC.
He added: “I don't think it's realistic to say that we will expel every Russian from every inch of Ukrainian territory, even from the Crimean Peninsula. President Trump has recognized this fact, and I think for the whole world it was a big step forward.” Acknowledging this fact now let us move forward.
Asked specifically about communications between Trump and Putin, Waltz said: “I expect there will be a call, at least in the coming days and weeks. So, that will be a step and we'll take it from there.”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led to the deaths of tens of thousands, the displacement of millions of people, and caused the largest rupture in relations between Moscow and the West since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.
US officials describe Russia as a corrupt authoritarian state that poses the greatest threat to the US nation-state and has interfered in US elections, imprisoned US citizens on false charges, and committed campaigns of sabotage against US allies.
Russian officials say that the United States is a declining power that has repeatedly ignored Russia's interests since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and that sowing discord within Russia is an attempt to divide Russian society and advance American interests.
