On Putin Trump's request, all troops from the Baltic countries - Financial Times can be withdrawn

Russian President Vladimir Putin can desire new "steps towards" from the newly elected US head Donald Trump: this time it is about the withdrawal of a US military contingent, located in the territory of all post -Soviet and including Baltic countries after the start of a full -scale invasion. This was reported by the Financial Times Operator Gideon Rahman on February 18. "Putin wants to withdraw NATO troops from all the former Soviet Empire," the publication reads.

This opinion was also voiced by some European politicians and American diplomats, which was reported in The Economist on February 16. In particular, it is the words of the American diplomat Julia Smith, who expressed concessions the day before that Trump could make concessions to Putin and deduct about 20,000 soldiers from Europe. In this way, the Financial Times analyst Giden Rahman, Putin seeks to weaken Europe, make it "vulnerable" before the Russian threat.

Recall that the day before it became known that European politicians are afraid that US President Donald Trump will adopts almost any agreement with Putin. In doing so, he can even go to such conditions that will be dangerous for Ukraine and all of Europe. The focus wrote about this on February 17. On the same day, it became known about the statements of the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Ruben Bracelmans, who expressed the opinion that Trump had already made concessions of Putin.

Such statements were made against the backdrop of news that Trump does not allow European leaders to participate in negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine. According to him, it is a "rigid" reality. Earlier in the media reported the statement of Donald Trump's envoy Kita Kellog, who reported during the Munich Security Conference that America did not see Europe in future negotiations to end the war. According to US high -ranking officials, Ukraine should participate in them.