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Putin says Ukrainian ‘crisis’ could have been avoided if Trump ‘had not been deprived of election win’ and says he is ‘ready’ to discuss the war with the president

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(Files) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump are shown before a meeting in Helsinki

Vladimir Putin declared today that the war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Donald Trump had not been “robbed of the election” in 2020.

Describing his armed forces’ large-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022 as a “crisis,” Putin told state media that the horrific bloodshed that has blighted Eastern Europe for almost three years would not have happened under a Trump presidency.

“I can’t help but agree with him that if he had been president, if his victory had not been stolen from him in 2020, then perhaps there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022,” the Russian president said.

His comments came as part of a wide-ranging interview in which the Kremlin chief praised the newly inaugurated US president, labeling Trump “smart and pragmatic,” while signaling a willingness to approach the negotiating table over Ukraine. .

“He is not only an intelligent person, but a pragmatic person,” Putin told state media of his American counterpart.

‘It’s hard for me to imagine that decisions will be made that are detrimental to the American economy.

“As for the issue of negotiations… we have always said, and I want to emphasize this once again, that we are ready for these negotiations on Ukrainian issues.”

But Putin’s statement refutes comments made by his own Foreign Ministry just hours ago criticizing the ongoing supply of Western weapons to Ukraine’s armed forces and what he called the “illegitimate kyiv regime.”

(Files) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump are shown before a meeting in Helsinki

Russian President Vladimir Putin described Trump as

Russian President Vladimir Putin described Trump as “pragmatic and intelligent” in comments to state media today

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, January 21, 2025, in Washington

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, January 21, 2025, in Washington

“Despite the increasingly loud talk about the need for peace talks, no practical objectives are observed that do not indicate real preparation on the part of kyiv and the West,” the statement read.

“The issue of the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government is not being resolved.”

kyiv, unsurprisingly, responded quickly, with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office issuing a tight-lipped statement that there could be no peace talks between Putin and Trump without the participation of European representatives.

Trump claimed after the outbreak of full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine during the Biden administration that he could “end the war” within 24 hours if he had been president.

Now, almost a week into his second presidency, the conflict appears no closer to a conclusion, with observers expecting the Trump administration to effectively get both sides to sign a peace deal.

On Wednesday, Trump warned his Russian counterpart that he would face taxes, tariffs and sanctions if Russia did not sign up to a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

The US president previously warned that he could step up arms supplies to Ukraine if Moscow does not come to the negotiating table.

Delivering the threat on his social truth platform, the president wrote: “If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon I have no choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything sold by Russia to the USA.

But Trump’s advisers have also hinted that the steady flow of Western military aid to Ukraine could be shut down if kyiv refuses to strike a deal.

A building lies in ruins after being hit by a Russian attack, on January 23, 2025 in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine

A building lies in ruins after being hit by a Russian attack, on January 23, 2025 in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine

Trump said Zelensky is not

Trump said Tuesday that while he believes Zelensky wants to make a deal,

Trump said Zelensky is “no angel,” and even claimed he “shouldn’t have allowed this war to happen.”

Ukrainian soldiers fire D-30 artillery in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers fire D-30 artillery in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine

In a somewhat inflammatory statement about the Ukrainian leader, Trump recently said that Zelensky was “no angel” and insisted that he “should not have allowed this war to happen.”

‘First of all, he’s fighting a much bigger entity, okay, much bigger. “When he was, you know, speaking so brave… Zelensky was fighting a much bigger, much larger, much more powerful entity,” Trump said.

“I shouldn’t have done that, because we could have made a deal, and it would have been a deal… it would have been a nothing deal. I could have made that deal so easily,” Trump said.

‘But Zelensky decided “I want to fight.”

However, leading political scientists and geopolitical analysts doubt the ability of Trump and his entourage to end the war even within 100 days, a goal believed to have been intended for Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg.

Renowned political scientist and proponent of the realist philosophy of great power politics, John Mearsheimer, said earlier this week: ‘The Russians are in the driver’s seat. The Russians, for good strategic reasons from their perspective, are pushing for a tough deal.

“It’s almost impossible for me to see President Trump agree to the terms the Russians are demanding.”

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