Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Donald Trump on his historic election victory and confirmed Russia is ready to hold peace talks to end the Ukraine war.
Putin made those comments during a policy forum in Sochi, Russia.
After a long speech, Putin said that he would like to “take this opportunity to congratulate [Trump] on his election as president of the United States.”
He went on to say Russia is ready for talks with Trump on ending the conflict.
However, Putin stated:
“Russia didn’t ruin relations with the U.S. and is open to reviving them, but the ball is in the Americans’ court.”
Putin’s comments are a direct shot at President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris who oversaw the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
It was Harris who dared Russia to attack Ukraine just days before Russian troops invaded.
Under the Biden-Harris admin, there has been little hope of peace.
Biden, Harris, the Democrats, and the Uniparty swamp have continued to funnel billions of dollars in taxpayer money into perpetuating the endless foreign war.
However, they have never presented a plan for resolving the conflict and bringing peace to the region.
Meanwhile, Trump is now set to begin his second term in January, bringing hope that peace can be negotiated.
Trump has promised the American people that he will work tirelessly to end the devastating war in Ukraine.
The war has senselessly cost the lives of thousands of soldiers as well as costing Americans billions in foreign aid.
The war should never have happened.
However, thanks to establishment Republicans and Democrats with much to gain financially from the war, little was done to prevent the outbreak of hostilities.
Under Biden and Harris, Americans ate the cost of billions in aid to be sent to Ukraine.
Yet, while young men on both sides were senselessly butchered, there has been little to no urgency to end the lucrative conflict.
Trump has been a strong critic of the billions of dollars being sent to Ukraine.
He believes Washington D.C. was doing nothing to stop the war while pilfering taxpayers to enrich themselves via the military-industrial complex.
Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine quickly and that could come at Ukraine’s expense.
He will likely call on Ukraine to make concessions which he believes are necessary to end the further loss of life and money.
The war in Ukraine has been horrific beyond compare and has given the world a glimpse into what peer-to-peer conflict would look like.
The loss of life and the conditions that both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are facing make it imperative that peace is established as soon as possible.
Trump is going to work with both Russia and Ukraine and make it a top priority to end the war but this won’t be easy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been insistent that Ukraine will make no concessions despite only being able to wage this war with Western support.
Without aid from Europe and the United States, Ukraine would likely have fallen before Russia’s grinding war machine.
So Trump is going to have to find a way to force Ukraine to see reason and make concessions that will lead to peace.
Trump has a good working relationship with Putin so there is a chance that he can also get concessions out of Russia.
However, all of this will have to wait until Trump is officially sworn in as president in January.
Until then, the carnage will continue in Ukraine and taxpayer dollars will continue to fund a brutal war.
