Trump and his 24 hours: talks with Putin, new EU initiatives and the freezing of the war – what awaits Ukraine
After the opening of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral, late on Saturday, December 7, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met at the Elysee Palace. According to Axios, initially the elected 47th president of the USA did not want to meet with the head of the Ukrainian state, but Macron convinced him. Some mass media wrote that the negotiations lasted about 45 minutes. Reuters reported on the 35-minute tete-a-tete conversation between the leaders without advisers.
Trump again reiterated that he wants an immediate ceasefire and the start of negotiations, but has not laid out any details on how to achieve that. During the election campaign, Trump repeatedly stated that he would end Russia's war against Ukraine in 24 hours. However, as experts joke, he never said exactly when the countdown would begin. Donald Tusk believes that the negotiations (apparently about the pause…
