Former President Trump Will Not End Conflict in Ukraine Even If Elected
(Baonghean.vn) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov warned that US authorities will do their best to maintain the current conflict.
According to Russia's TASS news agency, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov, who served from 2010 to 2014, recently stated that former President Donald Trump would not end the conflict in Ukraine even if he won the election.
The reason for this, according to the former Ukrainian official, is that Washington is trying to drain Russia's resources.
Accordingly, Mr. Azarov wrote on Facebook: “I do not believe that if Mr. Trump comes to power, the conflict in Ukraine will end. I do not believe in that. The ultimate goal is to exhaust Russia as much as possible. They must use someone to implement this policy. The US will continue to promote this as long as the current Kiev regime exists.”
Mr. Azarov warned that US officials would do everything they could to maintain the current conflict.
Earlier, according to TASS, Mr. Trump stated that if he returned to the White House, he could easily end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours. He did not rule out the possibility that Kiev would have to make territorial concessions.
For his part, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky affirmed that he would explain to Mr. Trump within 24 minutes why the conflict could not be resolved within 24 hours.
Ukrainian media later cited sources saying that Mr. Zelensky's office tried to organize a phone conversation with Mr. Trump, aimed at persuading the former US President to support an aid package for Ukraine, which is currently being blocked by Mr. Trump's Republican colleagues in the US Congress.
