U.S. Fails to Address Root Causes of Ukrainian Conflict: Ryabkov
Donald Trump (L) and Vodolymyr Zelensky (R). X/ @ActualidadRT
April 2, 2025 Hour: 8:19 am
Almost 73 percent of Ukrainians believe that the Trump’s presidency is having a negative impact on their country.
On Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Washington’s approach to resolving the Ukraine crisis has yet to address the root causes of the conflict.
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“We have not heard any signal from U.S. President Donald Trump to Kiev about ending the war,” he told the International Affairs magazine, adding that “the only approach being pursued is an attempt to establish a framework that would first achieve a ceasefire, as conceived by the Americans.”
Ryabkov emphasized that Moscow takes Washington’s proposed models and solutions for Ukraine very seriously but cannot accept them outright. Russia has “a deeply and carefully thought-out set of our own priorities and approaches to this topic,” he added.
Three days of technical-level negotiations on the details of a potential ceasefire in Ukraine were held last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between U.S. and Ukrainian delegations, and between U.S. and Russian delegations. The negotiations came as fighting on the battlefields remained intense amid deep-seated distrust, conflicting demands among stakeholders, and the inherent complexities of the process.
Meanwhile, almost 73 percent of Ukrainians believe that the Trump’s presidency is having a negative impact on their country. According to the survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, only 19 percent of the respondents viewed his presidency as beneficial for Ukraine. The remaining respondents were undecided over the issue.
When asked whether Ukraine could achieve a just peace with help from the U.S., 55 percent responded negatively, 18 positively, and 21 percent said they believed any peace agreement would only be partially fair. The survey was conducted via telephone interviews with 1,326 adults from March 12 to 22.
The survey marks a shift in public opinion compared with a similar poll in December 2024, which showed 54 percent of Ukrainians had a positive view of Trump’s upcoming presidency, 21 percent viewed it negatively, with 25 percent undecided.
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Source: Xinhua
