Meeting Trump needs Putin to achieve goals in war: And this is not an occupation of territories - nyt

Journalists of The New York Times, citing analysts and anonymous sources close to the Kremlin, say that the Russian dictator has long been seeking to meet Trump and considers negotiations with the US President a chance to win the war against Ukraine. At the same time, its main purpose is to achieve geopolitical goals, not the conquest of a certain territory.

The Russian political scientist Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Russia and Eurasia of the Carnegian Foundation Tatiana Stanova noted that since the beginning of a full -scale invasion, the borders of the occupied territories have not been officially demanded officially, which may testify to flexibility of exchange.

According to her, the most important for Putin are "reinforced concrete" guarantees of Ukraine's failure to NATO and the absence of foreign troops in the Ukrainian territory, as well as a number of political requirements for Kiev, and everything else may be the subject of negotiations. According to the political studies, the Russian leader wants Ukraine to cease to be what he considers an "anti -Russian project" and returned to the sphere of influence of the Kremlin.

According to NYT journalists, Russian officials can hope that Putin and Trump's personal meeting will allow the President of the United States to support the views of the Russian leader to what in the Kremlin is called "the fundamental causes of conflict. " The publication also gives the opinion of the pro -Kremlin Russian political analyst Sergei Markov, who stated that Trump needed Putin to achieve the conditions of Russia.

According to him, it explains why the Russian president seeks to avoid break with Washington. "Putin wants to keep Trump as a resource for a possible transition to peace," Markov said. On August 7, CNN sources reported that after the return of US President Special Support, Steve Witcoff from Moscow to Washington, Donald Trump's assistants immediately began to prepare a meeting with the Russian leader. According to anonymous insiders, Trump and Putin's meeting can take place next week.