伦敦-总统唐纳德·特朗普周日早些时候，在Truth Social的一篇帖子中，他暗示俄罗斯和乌克兰之间的和平谈判即将取得进展，称他将“继续与双方合作”，以结束莫斯科对其邻国长达3年的入侵。
“对俄罗斯和乌克兰来说，这可能是伟大的一天!，”特朗普写道。“想想看，随着这场永无止境的‘大屠杀’有望结束，成千上万的生命将得到拯救。这将是一个全新的、更好的世界。”
“我将继续与双方合作，以确保这一切发生。”特朗普继续说道。“相反，美国希望专注于重建和贸易。重要的一周即将到来!”
特朗普的努力迄今未能在俄罗斯和乌克兰之间产生和平——甚至是持久停火，自他1月重返椭圆形办公室以来，激烈的战斗和远程打击仍在继续。
奥巴马总统对乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京表达了对美国领导的和平努力失败的失望。
特朗普发表最新言论之前，普京宣布单方面停火三天，涵盖俄罗斯胜利日庆祝活动，纪念苏联战胜纳粹的周年纪念日德国1945年。不同意停火的乌克兰表示，俄罗斯军队多次违反普京提出的停火协议。普京的停火于周六结束。
相反，泽连斯基提出全面停火30天。周日，在基辅与英国、法国、德国和波兰领导人举行会谈后，泽连斯基在一份电报中说，他和其他领导人同意“全面和无条件的停火”应于5月12日开始。
普京没有同意泽连斯基的提议，尽管他在周日的声明中提议俄乌双方于周四在伊斯坦堡举行直接会谈。
普京在一份声明中说:“俄罗斯准备在没有任何先决条件的情况下进行谈判。”“现在战斗正在进行，一场战争，我们提议恢复不是由我们中断的谈判。这有什么不好?真正希望和平的人不会不支持这一点。”
作为回应，泽连斯基在给电报的邮件中说，普京的提议是“一个积极的迹象”
“任何战争真正结束的第一步都是停火，”乌克兰总统补充道。“继续杀戮没有任何意义，哪怕只有一天。我们期待俄罗斯确认从明天，即5月12日开始的全面、持久和可靠的停火，乌克兰准备迎接。”
Trump predicts 'big week' in Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Zelenskyy sees 'positive sign'
LONDON --PresidentDonald Trumpsuggested imminent progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in a post to Truth Social early on Sunday, saying he would "continue to work with both sides" to end Moscow's 3-year-old invasion of its neighbor.
"A potentially great day for Russia and Ukraine!," Trump wrote. "Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending 'bloodbath' hopefully comes to an end. It will be a whole new, and much better, WORLD."
"I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that it happens." Trump continued. "The USA wants to focus, instead, on Rebuilding and Trade. A BIG week upcoming!"
Trump's efforts have so far failed to produce peace -- or even a lasting ceasefire -- between Russia and Ukraine, with fierce fighting and long-range strikes continuing since his return to the Oval Office in January.
The president has expressed frustration with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the failure of U.S.-led peace efforts.
Trump's latest remarks come after Putin announced a unilateral three-day ceasefire covering Russia's Victory Day celebrations, marking the anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of NaziGermanyin 1945. Ukraine -- which did not agree to the ceasefire -- said Russian forces repeatedly violated Putin's proposed pause in fighting. Putin's ceasefire ended on Saturday.
Zelenskyy instead offered a full 30-day ceasefire. On Sunday, following talks with the leaders of the U.K., France, Germany and Poland in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that he and his fellow leaders agreed that "a complete and unconditional ceasefire" should begin on May 12.
Putin has not agreed to Zelenskyy's proposal, though in a Sunday statement offered direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday.
"Russia is ready for negotiations without any preconditions," Putin said in a statement. "There is fighting going on right now, a war, and we are proposing to resume the negotiations that were interrupted not by us. What's wrong with that? Those who truly want peace cannot fail to support this."
In response, Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram that Putin's offer was "a positive sign."
"The very first step in the real end of any war is a ceasefire," the Ukrainian president added. "There is no point in continuing the killings even for a day. We expect Russia to confirm a ceasefire -- complete, lasting and reliable -- starting tomorrow, May 12, and Ukraine is ready to meet."
