Five scenarios for the development of the war in Ukraine: what are the chances that Trump will persuade Putin - El Mundo
How will events develop further, depending on the positions of Moscow, Washington, Kyiv? For more than three years, the situation has changed from the appearance of Russian troops to Kyiv, to the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the loss of Avdiivka, and long-range strikes deep into the Russian Federation, El Mundo notes. As of the fall of 2025, Putin is trying to "flattery" Trump, and Trump is hoping to persuade the Kremlin to end the war.
They exchange different theses, but in the end, the analysts identified five options for the development of events, and two of them lead to peace, but from different sides. The article explains that both the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are exhausted by almost four years of war, and Trump seems to have only now realized that Putin does not want to make any concessions and wants to "buy time.
" Analysts voiced options that are possible on the eve of the fourth winter of the Russian-Ukrainian war. "All this, together with plans to use frozen Russian assets, supports the stability of the Ukrainian state and army while the war continues," El Mundo summarized the latest version of events. It should be noted that on Thursday, October 16, Donald Trump held telephone talks with Vladimir Putin.
The conversation took place a few hours before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who arrived in anticipation of US weapons and, it is hoped, Tomahawk missiles. As a result of the conversation, Trump agreed to a meeting with Putin in Budapest: this will be the second personal contact between the politicians after Anchorage (Alaska), which ended in nothing.