Putin and Trump in Alaska, photo Getty images
According to Bloomberg sources, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, after meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska and the refusal of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, decided to continue military escalation, in particular, attacks on Ukrainian energy and other infrastructure.
Source: Bloomberg with reference to sources close to the Kremlin
Details: According to the sources, “Putin came to the conclusion that military escalation is the best way to force Ukraine to negotiate on its conditions, and that Donald Trump is unlikely to do something significant to strengthen the defense of Kyiv,” the material said.
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Putin intends to continue to strike on the energy network of Ukraine and other infrastructure, sources said.
According to them, negotiations in Alaska convinced Putin that Trump was not interested in interfering in the conflict.
In Anchoridge, Putin proposed to stop hostilities and freeze the line of contact in the south of Ukraine if Kyiv agrees to give the unoccupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Earlier, he also demanded that Ukraine limit the number of its armed forces and abandon the purpose of joining NATO.
Ukraine rejected these conditions, and Putin believes that this justifies his escalation, people close to the Kremlin told the publication.
According to data collected by Bloomberg on the basis of information from the command of the air forces of Ukraine, a month after the negotiations of Trump and Putin, the number of blows of Russian drones and missiles in Ukraine increased by about 46%.
Putin also observes the war of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, two people close to the Kremlin said. He considers the Netanyahu campaign in Gaza more tough than the Russian war in Ukraine, and notes that it was mainly adopted by the governments of the United States and Europe, which undermines their criticism of Moscow.
The Russian ruler will continue any dialogue with the United States, but in the future he will do what he considers necessary, said Bloomberg interlocutors.
Background:
- On August 15, US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held the first negotiations on the territory of the American state of Alaska.
- After that, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and other European leaders met Trump in the White House to discuss the ways of the diplomatic completion of Russian aggression.
- After these meetings, Putin strengthened attacks on Ukrainian regions, in particular in the capital. During one of the massive air strikes in Ukraine, the drones of the Russian Federation violated the airspace of Poland.
- Trump said that Putin “failed him” on the end of the war in Ukraine.
- In early September, it was informally reported that Trump was becoming more and more pessimistic regarding the chances of the cessation of the Russian-Ukrainian war in the near future or for the personal meeting of Putin and Zelensky.
