Public opinion is predominantly skeptical and cynical about the feasibility and sincerity of the U.S.-led ceasefire negotiations in the Ukraine conflict. Many express distrust towards key figures, particularly Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and view Trump's involvement as ineffective and self-serving. There is widespread belief that such negotiations are hampered by ulterior motives, including strategic self-interest and geopolitical power dynamics, rather than genuine humanitarian concerns. The notion that Russia will honor any agreement is heavily doubted, reinforcing a sense of frustration over the lack of tangible progress toward peace.

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It's just a way for Ukraine to restore American military aid as it builds up alternatives. Russia won't accept it. 

Hopefully all the promised Aid can be delivered before America tries strongarming Ukraine again. Once that's done it has less leverage. The intelligence will be hard to replace, but I'm pretty sure Europe's going to be hard rushing to become fully independent there.

Beast_of_Guanyin

"So far, Western interaction with the Kremlin has resembled a game of tennis, but with a few tweaks. One player — the Russian — always serves. The court is unevenly shaped. The Ukrainian has his shoelaces tied together," Edward Lucas discusses the US-Ukraine ceasefire deal and what it means for the future.

CEPAORG

Agreement with russia not worth the paper it’s written on. And they agreed to nothing so far.

Hot-Use7398

There are two hard questions that no one is talking about.

1. What could an effective "security guarantee" look like?  Not, presumably, something like the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Is either the US, or is the recently pacifist and quite unprepared Europe, prepared to go to war with Russia based on a "security guarantee" to Ukraine?  I think not. So, looking beyond pieces of paper that wouldn't be honored (and in fact, in the case of the US at least, shouldn't be offered), what could an effective disincentive for future Russian aggression look like?  

2. What might we hope (with some realism) might happen in Russia after the end of the war (or at least of active conflict?) Would having Putin's head on a pike make things better? The slightly more moderate alternatives have been eliminated so might a new "strongman" from the current leadership be even worse?  And do we really want  Russia to collapse into civil war with various regions trying to break away? Probably the only thing worse than having the nuclear-armed sociopaths now in charge would be having a few of the nukes fall into the hands of some Chechen warlord. Or perhaps some people might want to send troops to occupy the largest country on earth and try again with the nation-building thing that worked so well in Iraq?  

One can hope that someone, somewhere has an idea how this can work out, but the answer is not waving flags and politicians "standing with Ukraine" or complaining that the US isn't reliably feeding the flames.

MannieOKelly

Means russia will amass more forces near the border for another surprise attack.

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FlaneLord229

Means nothing. Means the civilized world needs to rearm Ukraine with everything it needs

ProfessionalPhone215

It has no meaning except that Ukraine said they were willing. Whether or not the Russians accept will change nothing. In one or several forms Russia will continue its assault.

Available-Garbage932

Stop intelligence and Kursk becomes a retreat. Stop aid to make Ukraine beg. Belittle an elected leader on camera and make him say thankyou for doing so,. Try to extort a minerals deal. Suggest that leader is illegitimate and suggest elections. Take some of your best bargaining chips of territorial concessions, security guarantees, NATO membership off the table before talks. 

Oh and now here you go buddy Putin have a look at this see what you think, fancy a bit of a ceasefire? Don't worry we can do a bit more of the above if you need anything else. Oh and do you fancy coming back to the G7, we can help you out with sanctions relief and votes in the UN.

This is being spun as a good idea, and America needs a Nobel peace prize nominee. 

Not a trap at all.....?

Iamoggierock

I'll believe it when I see it. Let's not forget he's consistently full of crap.

WolfzandRavenz

Holy shit, everything just comes down to money with trash human. “Yeah, yeah the killing is bad but we’re gonna be making that money baby!”

Winterlion131

Yeah, the EU has been having talks AND ramping up pressure, all without Trump's input. Now he's positioning himself to take credit for any possible outcome. Let's see the 2 hr transcript of that call. Hell, let's just see the phone record that there was a 2 hr call .

HipGnosis59

“Dogs have no money. Isn’t that amazing? They’re broke their entire lives. But they get through. Probably because they don’t have to deal with fucking rent.” – (not) Jerry Seinfeld

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You guys thought Agent Orange couldn't learn anything! He clearly states that a peace negotiation actually has to include both countries that are at war. This is a HUGE departure from his previous thoughts on the matter.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-says-it-is-committed-ukraine-ahead-russia-us-talks-2025-02-18/

I am shocked that he has learned something during his time in office! Good for him.

wyle_e2

That's it. Now everyone will forget about the occupation, war crimes, and will shake hands for the sake of ‘UNLIMITED TRADE’. Money trumps principles.

glira31

Didn't Russia just do it's largest drone attack ever?

MotoTheGreat

So, he did nothing definitive. Good work, Donnie 2 Dolls! Two scoops of ice cream for you! 😗

MeMilo1209

Toward a ceasefire? So a sequel to ceasefire which he brokered a little while ago?

NoWildLand

“Russia is going to create jobs and wealth” true as he knows being a Russian mole pays well

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Speedwolf89

I'm betting any mention of money caused a bout of trans-Atlantic mutual masturbation.

A couple of depraved lunatics having a contest to see which of the two can be weirder than the other while on a Zoom call.

Squidpunk24

Blattgeist

He wants to Trade with Russia    so pretty much sending American money straight there.

Stuntz-X

There should be a minimum period of ceasefire being adhered to before trade and lifting of sanctions is even considered for Russia. Really it should be mandatory maintenance of ceasefire equal to the current length of the war, but a bare minimum should be a year. If Russia doesn’t break a ceasefire for a period of a year only then should trade start to be discussed.

Kevinwbooth

this means trump got left on hold for an hour, fell asleep and has no idea what happened....  and now it's time for golf. MAGA

Civil_Exchange1271

He didn’t write this either. I bet someone is just listening to the crap he’s spewing in real time and trying to type it out to sound better.

ExplicitDrift

Day One. Said he could stop the war in Ukraine in 24 hours with one phone call. Said it would be "so easy!"

  
Turns out governance i harder than he thinks.

RedboatSuperior

Ukraine already accepted the ceasefire…what’s there to negotiate?

DonMiller22

Written by someone other than the orange turd

Which_Ad_8199

I don't believe or trust anything this shit head says.

cookiedoh18

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ILikeFluffyThings

Woah is it the first day of trumps presidency? It seems like time is somewhere

vitaminbeyourself

Ok-Caramel6577

He is so desperate for that Nobel peace prize, it is embarrassing.

Domjord

Does Putin know that he was on a call with POTUS

MessageOk4432

andre3kthegiant

„Pump &amp; Dump“ is a liar. It really doesn‘t matter anymore what he says. If it happens, its just by accident.

harryx67

Spike_4747

Really, he has no clue what is happening between Russia and Ukraine

lilicrembari

Putin laughs his arss off.

Putin will stop the crimes only when the West make the real economical sanctions a reality

Natural_Tea484

As much as I don't like his politic, if he can make it happen I'll have to recognize his work for that peace. Let's hope it is real and Russia is not playing him. If this bloodbath can stop and Ukraine keep their territory and a real peace happen with Ukraine still able to defend themselves I'll consider that a win.

I still am on the fence since this is way too good to be true and also lets not forget US will have their hand on the strategic ressource of Ukraine, but if it is for the good of Ukrainian people it is all good in my book.

Top-Local-7482

Gee, it's almost like Russia was never interested in peace to begin with, and is an aggressive conqueror nation who started the war and won't allow it to end until they get everything they want, just like the Western globalist media has been saying all along.  But that can't be true, can it?  That would mean that Tucker really is a shill, and he's so nice and agrees with me on everything! /s

zephyrus256

It’s almost as if this conflict was more complicated than thinking, “I’ll have it done in 24 hours. I say that, and I would do that. [That’s easy](https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war?cid=ios_app) compared to some of the things – I’d get that done in 24 hours. I know them both. I know them both. As the Bible says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ See that? And I will be your peacemaker. I was your peacemaker.”

As anyone who had even an elementary knowledge of foreign policy understood.

LuklaAdvocate

Where are all the MAGA Kremlin cockholsters crying that fat Trump would "end derrrrrr warrrss" when all he's done so far is embolden a genocidal dictator from his knees?

Bibi is still killing Gazans too btw.  The ceasefire that happened under Biden was violated during Trump. 🤔

lovetoseeyourpssy

Russia wants Ukraine and won't stop until it has it. Russians lives don't matter to Putin and his mates. More Russians died during the second world war than any other nation. They make sacrifices that the Western World don't understand. It isn't helped by the hardman/softman in the Whitehouse.

TheTazfiretastic

Can trump admin really be this fucking naive/idiotic?  Even with the low bar they've set for themselves, seeing them fumble through this is embarrassing.  Wants to turn his back on eu-uk... long standing allies with close to $25 trillion economy, in hope of business deals with Putin?  wtf.

ChornWork2

I’d hate to be a non-wealthy Russian man. They just throw waves of conscripted meat shields to overwhelm the enemy.

Bassist57

Why should they agree to a cease fire when the removal of US material support has allowed Russia to turn the tide in the war? They are advancing on all fronts and slowly conquering Ukraine. Why call a truce when you are winning the war? If Trump truly wanted a cease fire, he should have thrown full American support behind Ukraine supplying them with all the weapons they need to make it too costly in men and materials for Russia to continue to fight. He’s such an idiot. He thinks he can persuade, cajole and threaten anyone to do anything he wants. I wish there was a way to recall or impeach this moron before he does any more damage. 
The bond market is about to force him to deal with the deficit issue whether he wants to or not. If interest rates keep climbing the US won’t even be able to afford the interest payments on the debt and the only way he can change that is if his budget and his big beautiful bill project to reduce the deficit. Otherwise, the bond market ain’t going for it. The bond vigilantes have this nation over a barrel and they know it. Maybe the Fed could step in to try to ease interest rates but with Trump making an enemy of Powell, I don’t see why he would.

SPACHunter1018

I think Trump needs to bend over a bit more.

Kaszos

Wait a second, I thought Trump spent at least half his day every day, stopping wars that’s what little Marco Rubio told me

walksonfourfeet

From Russia's perspective, a ceasefire right now is a losing scenario for them.

Ukraine could join NATO, Trump could later be replaced by a globalist interventionist warhawk in the next 4 years, and Europe would eventually tighten their sanctions around Putin and his allies.

For them to win, they need to grab as much territories of Ukraine as possible before they exhaust their military resources, and then declare their own ceasefire under their own terms.

Zyx-Wvu

Negotiating with Ukraine directly would acknowledge that Zelensky and Ukraine are equals and would undermine the entire justification for the Russian attack. Also, as an influential third party,  the US is in a position to make offers and leverage other factors that Ukraine is not in a position to offer.

Azdak66

Well, we've actualy done this more than once. The Camp David Accords (Israel-Egypt) and  the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia i Herzegovina) come to mind.

romulusnr

Neglecting any motives the Trump administration may have, it is quite normal for negotiations to end a war to go through, at least initially, an intermediary country.

CommitteeOfOne

Because we are the primary weapons dealer of the Alliance since WW2 and the dealer always sits at the table

SnooOwls6136

The Ukrainians want security guarantees from the west of some sorts, so that means there is some likelihood of the US being part of the agreement. Then it's reasonable to have them at the negotiation table.

Historical-Pen-7484

It’s extremely common for a third party to act as a mediator in talks between two warring countries.

neverseen_neverhear

Because the US was instrumental in supporting the war in the first place, supplying money and arms to Ukraine which would normally be seen as taking sides and making an enemy of Russia but the USA can't fight Russia directly as everyone's too scared of that. So of course the US can also pry into negotiations of ceasefire

Kfchoneychickensammi

Because in all likelihood, Putin is negotiating to end U.S. involvement, not to end the war…

jmfranklin515

The US is involved in this war, both as a supplier of weapons to Ukraine, and because the war started because Putin was trying to prevent Ukraine from joining a US-led military alliance and a US-led international trade regime.

NDaveT

This is how negotiations have always worked since war was a thing. A third party always does this.

The USA is heavily involved lol. We are Ukraine’s primary supplier of weapons and they can’t even manufacture their own while the war rages.

This is basically a proxy war

oby100

Same reason that Israel and Palestine are negotiating with each other and there is an intermediary doing it

bigfrew

A mediator is always good in these situations.

Particular_Leg3292

Those wouldn’t be my first questions regarding US involvement in that war.

Spdoink

Us doesn’t want to pay anymore so they are saying to Ukraine take this deal or go under in a year.

gonnadietrying

It is very common throughout history to have a neutral third party nation as an intermediary for peace talks.

Consistent_Paper_629

several reasons. 

Ukraine is a much more democratic nation compared to Russia, and for years, Ukraine has been building closer ties to western nations and pulling away from Russia. Ukraine joining NATO is a major issue for Russia, and is a direct threat to their control of that area of the world. 

EU/NA both support Ukraine because allowing Russia to take Ukraine is going to destabilize the whole area and allow them to extend their influence so much further.

Russia is not USA's friend, and supporting the Ukraine-Russia war is one of the easiest wins for american politicians. They get to help weaken Russia's army and economy, they get to help build up an important future ally, and, they can even sell Ukraine older military equipment that was due to be replaced! And they dont even have to put a single pair of boots on the ground. 

The USA has a vested interest in Ukraine winning the war, and Russia (being the aggressor in this conflict) is never going to negotiate any ceasefire in good faith with russia. 

Just because its a foreign war, doesnt mean that other countries are not involved in some way.

The_Quackening

Because we are allowing them to fight the war.

The US and EU are the reason that Putin didn’t immediately take Kiev.

The US or EU brokering a peace deal is the only way that the war doesn’t continue or end with Putin controlling Ukraine.

Outside forces pushing the peace deal on Zelenskyy allows him to avoid culpability for losing as well.  Not that we should care, that dude is an autocrat just like Putin at this point.

somerandomguy1984

One, if the US decides it no longer wants to support Ukraine than this war is over. Second, it's not as if Ukraine is going to be the ones dictating to the US what it should do, so it's not essential to have Zelensky there.

redux44

Russia isn’t going to win. Ukraine isn’t going to win. Both parties cannot go back to their constituents and surrender. A third party brokering a deal between the 2 giving them both the opportunity to point the finger at the USA is what they need to end the war.

dmyles123

Cuz he knows Ukraine does heavily rely on US support but also he knows Trump equally has no morals.

Femininestatic

Because it helps to have an arbitrator in negotiations.

Cappdone

It's normal, especially for the US, however it's rather unusual for one side to find out about the talks via Twitter, instead of actually being included...

But Trump's links to Putin are well known, as is his dislike of Ukraine, heck Trump is extorting Ukraine as we speak. This is why Ukraine made a push the last few months, they knew Trump wouldn't be on their side, so they had to strengthen their position for when Trump inevitably caved and handed them over to Putin.

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Sodamyte

US supplied weapons to Ukraine..zelensky is bff with the US

viper29000

AdamZapple1

Because zelensky doesn't have the power to broker the deal. What could he possibly do to force Putin to stop? Nothing. If it's between Russia and Ukraine, Russia gets whatever they want. 

adlcp

Its like a fighting couple who will not talk unless through a mediator.

Rbelkc

US presidents have been involved in peace talks with other nations since TR

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stiveooo

It’s historically normal to have a 3rd party negotiator

AgitatedMagazine4406

This is a smart question, dont't let any discourage you.

YokedJoke3500

In this case, trump wants the "rare earth minerals" in Ukraine and is bullying them into exchanging protection for minerals.  If they didn't have that for trade leverage, he would remain uninvolved or more more likely support his boyfriend putin

lkram489

I think Trump's an idiot but if he actually ends this war it would make Biden's administration look absolutely ridiculous

SakamotoTRX

The only people with the power to do something about it seeing as the EU is just twiddling their thumbs on it.

hitometootoo

When two sides can't agree on something, they will often bring in a third party to act as a mediator.

BlueRFR3100

After all the money we have poured into that war, it's the least they can do.

Imagine two children fighting and then ask yourself why they aren’t coming to the table to negotiate. Both sides don’t want to give in but if there is a third party involved both sides can somewhat blame the third party why they made the concessions that lead to peace.

The US can threaten to cut off funding to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia.

squidwurrd

Ukraine is a proxy. We (NATO / USA) are just using them, we don't actually give a shit about them.

Hattkake

Because like it or not, the US is the most powerful country in the world, and escalation in Russia's continuing invasion of countries they have no right to be in could lead the US and Russia into a direct confrontation that would be the end of us all.

I don't believe Trump is doing this entirely in good faith, but nor do I believe he's a "Russian puppet" because the more I read into this, the more it is clearly a Kremlin propaganda line - Putin is no where near powerful enough to influence an entire US election.

Trump only cares about himself, but if that means ending the war without Ukraine having to capitulate, so be it. 

I strongly dislike Trump politically, but in this situation his persona might be a good thing, he's unpredictable, childish, and makes wild and dangerous claims. It's the lesser of two evils, but I like to hope he's got the upper hand on Putin.

KeyLog256

Ukraine is holding off Russia because NATO feels like it. Of course the main member of NATO would be negotiating. Frankly, the war is unwinnable for Ukraine at this point anyway. Most of NATO doesn't want to get more involved and Ukraine just doesn't have the resources for it.

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