Ukraine and Europe should prepare to fight Russia without US support, says former Lithuanian foreign minister
Europe should prepare to fight Russia without American support, former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has said.
Source: Landsbergis in an interview with European Pravda
Details: Landsbergis said the US is now more focused on Russia, but this does not mean that Europe has lost the US.
Quote: "The word ‘lost’ is permanent. But as you know, there is a chance that President Trump would tweet something next week which would contradict his statements last week. It is possible."
Details: The former Lithuanian foreign minister believes that President Trump's policy has no clear goals.
"The biggest problem with Trump is that Putin has caught him and trapped him. Trump is trapped because he wanted a fast deal, and Putin said: ‘I can give you a fast deal, if nothing else matters’," Landsbergis said, explaining that in his opinion, "nothing else matters" means that the Kremlin leader gets everything.
Background:
- Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he was discussing "major economic development deals" with Russia in addition to talks on "ending the war" in Ukraine.
- On 18 February, top Russian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine's involvement. The parties agreed to "address irritants" in bilateral relations and continue to work on preparing talks on Russia's war against Ukraine.
- Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff recently said that the US side had come "very close" to reaching a peace agreement.
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