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Zelensky Relieved As Trump Quietly Drops A Key Demand<\/span><\/p>\n

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A key Trump demand of the Zelensky government was quietly dropped as a condition of peace talks as well as the Ukraine minerals deal, which was finally signed this week.<\/p>\n

Washington is no longer seeking to pressure or force President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky\u00a0to hold elections<\/strong> that\u00a0could result in his being ousted office\u00a0for the sake of peace, according to information in The Telegraph.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The demand has been quietly dropped from the latest set of American proposals for a\u00a0ceasefire,” The Telegraph writes<\/a>. “The American decision to stop demanding elections is designed to placate the Ukrainian officials who have argued against swathes of a seven-point peace plan tabled by Mr Trump<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The minerals deal still has to be formally approved by Ukraine’s parliament, according to the nation’s constitution. Below is said to be the current seven-point plan offered by Trump, aspects of which were previously rejected by Ukrainian officials…<\/p>\n

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As for dropping the demand for Zelensky and parliament to hold elections, the Kremlin itself seems to have somewhat quieted down on this in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Without doubt, Moscow still wants to see Zelensky go, but appears willing to not press the issue if he were willing to give up territory for the sake of ceasefire (which so far isn’t happening – not even regarding Crimea).<\/p>\n

Zelensky’s term in office expired in May 2024, and Ukrainian parliament has recently reaffirmed the ‘constitutionality’ of Zelensky’s mandate as leader of the country during wartime. Trump soon after taking the Oval called him a ‘dictator’ who canceled elections, and even long before that called him the “world’s greatest salesman” as he received hundreds of billions from the US and Western allies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fresh statements from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio express continued optimism on the potential for peace. He says “they’re closer” to peace<\/strong> – in reference to Moscow and Kiev.<\/p>\n

Source: ANSA<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“For a hundred days he has done efforts to bring about peace\u2026 Look, we\u2019ve gotten closer<\/strong>. We \u2013 for the first time \u2013 we haven\u2019t known this for three years \u2013 we kind of can see what it would take for Ukraine to stop. We can see what it would take for the Russians to stop,” Rubio said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He then noted, “They\u2019re closer, but they\u2019re still far apart. And it\u2019s going to take a real breakthrough here very soon to make this possible\u2026 or I think the president is going to have to make a decision about how much more time we\u2019re going to dedicate to this,” he added.<\/p>\n

It’s been widely reported that during Zelensky’s impromptu 15-meeting with President Trump on the sidelines of the pope’s funeral last weekend he was able to ease the pressure on Kiev coming from Trump.<\/p>\n

“Zelensky’s advisers were divided about whether he should even risk the t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate after the\u00a0disaster in the Oval Office,” Axios<\/em><\/a> reported days after the meeting.\u00a0“But after it, Zelensky felt he’d managed to shift Trump’s thinking about Putin for the first time<\/strong>, the sources say.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 05\/02\/2025 – 14:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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