February 14, 2025
A View From Ukraine
As US President Donald Trump appears poised to begin negotiating over Ukraine’s future, a new Foreign Affairs essay by Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk details deep concerns.
Some context: Trump caused a stir this week by holding a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Russia–Ukraine war—before calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (with whom Trump spoke afterward) or European allies. (Such sequencing is typically a sensitive matter. In this case, Ukraine and Europe already were worried that Trump could cut a Ukraine-war deal with Putin over their heads. Trump said he and Putin may soon meet in Saudi Arabia to negotiate.) Some observers speculate that the Trump administration is eyeing a ceasefire along the current line of control, perhaps with European troops stationed in Ukraine as peacekeepers. Continue leyendo →
