Kyiv [Ukraine], April 2: US President Donald Trump said on March 31 that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would agree to a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
"I think he's going to do exactly what he told me and he's going to do his part of the deal," Trump told reporters at the White House, Reuters reported. He had previously criticized Putin and threatened to impose tariffs on companies doing business with Russia in the oil sector, as well as criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky if he did not transfer mineral rights to the United States.
Commenting on the solution to the Ukraine conflict , German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that the US should not be fooled by President Putin's "delaying tactics" and should support Ukraine unconditionally. The statement was made when Ms. Baerbock and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys visited Kyiv on April 1. The German diplomat said she would clarify the issue with the US side at the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Belgium from April 3-4. In Kyiv, Foreign Minister Budrys declared that Lithuania would "continue to stand by Ukraine in its struggle for freedom and sovereignty".
On the Chinese side, Politburo member - Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Foreign Affairs Commission - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the agreement on ending the conflict in Ukraine should be fair, binding and acceptable to all parties involved.
Regarding the war, on April 1, Ukraine accused Russia of attacking energy facilities in Kherson, while Russia accused Ukraine of attacking energy infrastructure in Belgorod and the Russian-controlled area of Zaporizhzhia.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
