Renewed direct engagement between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be a positive development, but Kyiv remains skeptical of Moscow’s willingness to pursue a lasting peace, Yuriy Sak, a former adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, said Sunday on Newsmax.
Sak said reports that Trump held a lengthy phone conversation with Putin ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago — and planned to speak with the Russian leader again afterward — suggest the U.S. president is willing and able to communicate with Moscow at the highest level.
“At a minimum, it indicates that Donald Trump is able to actually engage Russia, which is a very important thing in its own right,” Sak said, noting that Ukraine’s past experience with Moscow has left little room for trust.
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