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Germany warns US it ‘should not engage with Putin’s stalling tactics’
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The likelihood of the US successfully brokering a Ukraine peace deal <\/a>in the next few months has plummeted, according to senior Trump administration<\/a> official.
Despite boasting that he would end the war in 24 hours<\/a> once he entered office, Donald Trump<\/a> had privately set a target of securing a ceasefire in Ukraine by April or May, two senior Washington sources told Reuters. But neither that nor a lasting peace deal seems imminent, they admitted.
Washington officials have <\/a>acknowledged that Vladimir Putin<\/a> is actively resisting their attempts to strike a ceasefire and discussed what, if any, economic or diplomatic punishments could push Russia<\/a> closer to a deal, the sources said.
Half of the US Senate, including 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats, has banded together to introduce prospective sanctions on Russia which would be imposed if it refuses to engage in good faith negotiations with Ukraine.
The Kremlin will look to bring Trump back onside with Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev reportedly set to visit Washington this week, according to CNN.
Meanwhile, Moscow and Kyiv continued trading drone fire overnight on Wednesday, with the Ukrainian military reporting 74 drones were launched by Putin\u2019s forces, who said they had in turn shot down 93 Ukrainian drones. <\/a>
Dozens of people were evacuated from an apartment building in the Russian city of Kursk following a Ukrainian drone attack, a regional official said on Wednesday.
“As a result of the attack of enemy drones on Kursk, there is damage to an apartment building in the city centre,” the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said on Telegram.
At least 60 people were evacuated from the building which was hit with drone debris, he said. “Fortunately, there are no casualties.”
Ukraine has not yet commented on the attack, the size of which remains unclear.
Such is the Trump Tower-sized self-conceit of Donald J Trump<\/a> that for weeks \u2013 if not months \u2013 he could not see what virtually the whole of the rest of the world could: Vladimir Putin was playing him like a cheap violin.
Trump, seemingly mesmerised by the Russian leader, gave his friend everything he wanted: dominance in Ukraine, aside from a carve-out for US mineral interests<\/a>; a Russian zone of influence in Europe; the abandonment of Nato and other allies. All of that in return for the Russians scaling back their nuclear arsenal and giving the Americans a free run at acquiring Greenland<\/a> and Canada (even if they are not Russia\u2019s to give away and won\u2019t ever happen).
That looked to be the kind of grand bargain Trump was looking for, but Putin overplayed his hand.
Associate editor Sean O\u2019Grady writes:<\/em><\/strong>
Half of the US Senate, including 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats, banded together to introduce prospective sanctions on Russia which would be imposed if it refuses to engage in good faith negotiations with Ukraine.
Led by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, the group said it would impose primary and secondary sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not engage in talks or initiated another attempt to undermine Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty.
“The sanctions against Russia require tariffs on countries who purchase Russian oil, gas, uranium and other products. They are hard hitting for a reason,” the two senators said in a statement, a rare moment of bipartisanship in a divided Congress.
“The dominating view in the United States Senate is that Russia is the aggressor, and that this horrific war and Putin’s aggression must end now and be deterred in the future,” they said.
Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to become America\u2019s most senior military general has voiced his support for military assistance to Ukraine to \u201cdeter Russia from further aggression\u201d.
Retired Lieutenant General Dan Caine is Mr Trump\u2019s pick to become the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff – the highest-ranking officer in the US armed forces and the main military advisor to the president.
Speaking at the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt Gen Caine said US military assistance \u201cimproves Ukraine’s position at the negotiating table and deters Russia from further aggression\u201d.
“From a military standpoint, Ukraine has the right to self-defense, and from that standpoint our security assistance helps Ukraine to defend itself,” he said according to the published transcript of his confirmation hearing.
But Washington should \u201cfocus on what unique capabilities only the US can provide\u201d while Europe \u201cincreases its share of support\u201d.
Lt Gen Caine believes Moscow will \u201ccontinue to prosecute the war in 2025\u201d because it \u201clikely views the conflict is in its favour\u201d.
Kirill Dmitriev, the 49-year-old chief of Russia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, is reportedly set to visit Washington to meet Donald Trump\u2019s envoy Steve Witkoff.
But who is Kyiv-born Mr Dmitriev, and why is he being sent by Moscow on what would be Russia\u2019s first diplomatic visit to the US since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022?
Mr Dmitriev, who holds regular meetings with Vladimir Putin, was appointed in February as Putin’s special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation.
Born in Kyiv in Soviet Ukraine, the envoy went on to study at Stanford University in California before being awarded an MBA with distinction at Harvard.
He speaks fluent English, worked at Goldman Sachs in New York alongside McKinsey & Company, before returning to Moscow where he worked in an US-Russian investment management company.
He has built strong relations with key members of the Trump team, having played a role in early Russia-US contacts when Mr Trump first took power in 2016. Mr Dmitriev also met US special envoy Steve Witkoff when he visited Moscow in March.
Having flattered Mr Trump, he may be seen as the perfect fit for a Washington visit. “Trump (is) driving tectonic shifts in geopolitics. False malign paradigms (are) collapsing, giving way to common sense and values-driven solutions,\u201d Mr Dmitriev said.
Moscow has likely tasked him with discussing the return of US companies to Russia, rare earths, energy prices, prisoner swaps and peace in Ukraine, among other topics.
Mr Dmitriev was sanctioned by the US as a “a known Putin ally”, but has not been sanctioned by the European Union. According to CNN, Washington has temporarily lifted the sanctions for the visit.
A US visit by Vladimir Putin\u2019s envoy Kirill Dmitriev is \u201cpossible\u201d, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Contacts between Moscow and Washington are continuing, a Kremlin spokesperson added.
Reuters reported that Dmitriev is expected in Washington this week for talks with Donald Trump’s administration.
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