Unnamed Western officials reported that Washington had already refused to call Russia an aggressor at a meeting of "key group" of countries that prepare a tribunal over Russian President Vladimir Putin. In addition, the United States refuses to co -author the UN statement on support of Ukraine's integrity with the request of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the country.
The White House also refused to sign the G7 application for the third anniversary of a full -scale war, in which Russia is called the aggressor. Trump himself called Zelensky a dictator and advocated the return of the Russian Federation to the Alliance of Industrialized countries. It is expected that the next step will be the abandonment of international efforts to prosecute the Kremlin for invading Ukraine. In Europe, Putin will be released from responsibility for the war.
The position of the Trump administration called into question the preparation of the final meeting of the "key group" in March. The coalition created for the formation of a special offense includes 40 countries. The US and other allies were expected to support international legal efforts to punish the aggressor and all those involved. The International Criminal Court in the Hague cannot be prosecuted.
"If they do not recognize that it is aggression, they cannot participate," the official official explained. It is noted that the loss of support for the US tribunal can be a serious blow to the authority of the project. The European diplomat emphasized that it was a "rather radical change". "To rewrite the story and the reason that this war was not Russia - this is what we simply cannot and disagree," he assured.
The next meeting will take place in France, and the United States has not officially left an international coalition. The diplomatic note showed that European officials are "shocked" by US statements on a number of meetings about the idea of inviting the Russian Federation back to the "civilized world". Negotiations are undergoing a possible collapse of a special offset, if Washington really leaves international efforts.
At the same time, the United States insists in discussions with allies that Russia's war is called "Ukrainian conflict". According to the media, the State Department report on the meeting of the State Secretary Marco Rubio with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov was described twice as "conflict in Ukraine".
Recall that LE Point, citing sources, reported that US President Donald Trump could come to a parade in Moscow on May 9 to celebrate the achievement of peace in Ukraine. The publication emphasized that this will become a triumph of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who compares Ukrainians with the Nazis. Bloomberg has informed that on February 24, France and Estonia convene a meeting of European Defense Ministers to discuss the strengthening of Ukraine's support.
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