Ukrainian diplomat: Trump not a neutral mediator between Moscow and Kyiv

Former Ukrainian diplomat Volodymyr Shumakov said that US President Donald Trump is a businessman and cannot serve as a neutral mediator between Moscow and Kyiv.

Speaking in an interview with Al Arabiya FM, Shumakov added that Ukraine has proposed an open-ended truce to Russia as a path toward genuine negotiations, while Trump has introduced a new formula but is unable to remain impartial.

Shumakov continued that Russia is the party refusing a ceasefire and negotiations, seeking instead to impose surrender on Ukraine in this conflict. He also claimed that the US president is primarily interested in securing a stake in a US-Russian oil company.

It is worth noting that phone talks between Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin concluded with an agreement to resume Russian diesel exports to global markets in exchange for a partial lifting of US sanctions on Moscow, a decision Ukraine has opposed.

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