Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTSince the first presidential debates last year, Donald Trump refused to answer the question about how he saw the end of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. He famously promised to end it within 24 hours, but he was less decisive when asked whether its end would mean Ukraine\u2019s victory.\u00a0Ever since, Kyiv has been trying to convince Trump to decide who to back \u2014 more specifically, to side with Ukraine.From meeting Trump in New York in September 2024 before the presidential election to being accused of being a “dictator” and finally the unprecedentedly heated argument in the Oval Office in February, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been trying to convince the sitting US president that Ukraine is not an obstacle to a ceasefire, let alone any peace deal.\u00a0In late March, Ukraine agreed to a US-proposed immediate 30-day ceasefire in Russia’s ongoing invasion, if the Kremlin adheres to the same terms.\u00a0Two months later, there is still no ceasefire in Ukraine, and Kyiv regularly reiterates that it is still ready for it at any moment, if Russia agrees.True peace, unconditional ceasefireIn the meantime, Russia unilaterally announced two short periods of ceasefire: one over Easter and one now, around Moscow\u2019s Victory Parade day. Both times, the Kremlin violated its own truce and refused a counterproposal for an unconditional ceasefire for 30 days.\u00a0During this time, Ukraine finally managed to negotiate and sign the minerals deal with the US, and the Ukrainian parliament even ratified the partnership, giving the US access to profit from Ukraine\u2019s vast mineral resources.Russia\u2019s cooperation with the US has not moved forward, and the only “compromise” Moscow reportedly was ready to accept was its readiness not to claim Ukraine\u2019s territories that Russia never controlled in the first place, such as large parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.\u00a0Ukraine seems to have tried almost everything to prove to the US that Kyiv is not an obstacle to a ceasefire, while at the same the same time increasing pressure on Russia, intensifying the drone attacks on Moscow region days before the Victory Day parade, paralyzing the airspace over Russia\u2019s capital exactly in the moment when President Vladimir Putin was expecting the high-level guests.\u00a0The strategy might have worked. On Thursday evening, Trump and Zelenskyy had a lengthy phone call to discuss the ratified minerals deal.\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s president later made a statement on X that wasn\u2019t about the minerals deal but again about Ukraine\u2019s commitment and willingness to an unconditional ceasefire.\u00a0\u201cUkraine is ready for a full ceasefire starting right now, from this very moment \u2014 a 30-day silence,” Zelenskyy said.”But it must be real. No missile or drone strikes, no hundreds of assaults on the front. The Russians must respond appropriately \u2013 by supporting the ceasefire. They must prove their willingness to end the war.\u201d\u00a0Zelenskyy used this opportunity to reiterate that this is not the first time Kyiv has made this offer. “Thirty days that could become the beginning of years of peace. A ceasefire, lasting and reliable, will be a real indicator of movement toward peace,” he said.ADVERTISEMENTSymbolically making this statement on Ukraine’s Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, Zelenskyy added: \u201cAmerica can help with this. The world needs America now just as it did eighty years ago.\u201d\u00a0Trump took to his Truth Social platform with a more moderate statement that the talks between Russia and Ukraine continue, indicating that Washington would be willing to settle for a shorter ceasefire lasting less than 30 days.\u00a0“The US calls for, ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire. Hopefully, an acceptable ceasefire will be observed, and both countries will be held accountable for respecting the sanctity of these direct negotiations,” Trump posted.\u00a0“If the ceasefire is not respected, the US and its partners will impose further sanctions,” he stated in an apparent threat to the Kremlin, adding that “everybody should want it to stop.”ADVERTISEMENT\u201cI do, and the United States of America does, also. As president, I will stay committed to securing peace between Russia and Ukraine, together with the Europeans, and a lasting peace it will be,” Trump emphasised.Trump then continued with a similar statement to Zelenskyy\u2019s: “It can all be done very quickly, and I will be available on a moment\u2019s notice if my services are needed.”Vance: Moscow asking for ‘too much’Earlier, in a clear sign of increased frustration in Washington, US Vice President JD Vance said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine.\u00a0Speaking at a security conference in the US capital, he said that the White House is focused on getting the two sides to hold direct talks and even threatened that the US is ready to walk away.ADVERTISEMENT\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that the Russians are uninterested in bringing this thing to a resolution,” Vance said. “What I would say is, right now, the Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they\u2019re asking for too much. Ok?”The Kremlin clearly doesn\u2019t think it is asking for too much. On Thursday, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov admitted that Moscow “probably disappoints Washington” in some way.\u00a0“They disappoint us too, perhaps even more than we disappoint them, and for a long time\u201d, Ushakov continued, adding that the sides are nevertheless “heading toward a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Putin.”ADVERTISEMENT’True friend of steel’ XiIn the meantime, Putin is holding a different meeting in Moscow, hosting China\u2019s president Xi Jinping who is visiting Russia\u2019s capital for a bilateral meeting with Putin and participating in his Victory Day parade on Friday.\u00a0Prior to his arrival in Moscow, Xi Jinping wrote an article published in both Chinese and Russian media, drawing a parallel between modern-day US \u201chegemony\u201d and the \u201carrogant fascist forces\u201d of 80 years ago.\u00a0\u201cThe just forces of the world, including China and the Soviet Union, fought bravely and defeated the arrogant fascist forces side-by-side\u201d, he wrote.\u201cEighty years later, unilateralism, hegemony and bullying are extremely harmful. Humanity is once again at the crossroads.\u201dADVERTISEMENTIn a joint statement after the talks on Thursday, Xi and Putin said that the war in Ukraine could only be resolved by removing its “root causes”, indicating China\u2019s support of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Xi also stated that Russia and China should “be true friends of steel that have been through a hundred trials by fire” as the two leaders pledged to strengthen coordination in all areas, including the military, and to “decisively counter Washington’s course of ‘dual containment'” of Beijing and Moscow.Next week, Trump is visiting the Middle East. Between next Tuesday and Friday, he will go to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. All three of these countries have been playing a critical role in Ukraine\u2019s efforts to put an end to Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine with their help in prisoner-of-war exchanges and the return of Ukrainian children, forcefully deported by Moscow.\u00a0The Kremlin hasn\u2019t commented on the possibility of Russia\u2019s president going to the Middle East.ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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