This is Russia that is now feeling pressure
As the Secretary of US State Marco Rubio says, “The ball is now in Russia’s court.” This is an important moment.
Combined statements from the US and Ukraine, after a long day of conversation in Jeddah, include several major lines, perhaps no one is important: “The United States will communicate with Russia that Russian mutuality is the key to achieving peace.”
We have heard a lot in recent weeks, about what Donald Trump expects from Ukraine and what kind of blunt equipment is ready to be ready to turn to Kive for its will.
Now, it seems, it is time to test Russia’s intentions, in public.
Trump’s behavior with Vladimir Putin has so far been immersed in uncertainty, there is no clear indication of pressure for balance that is being applied on Volodymyr zelensky.
Tuesday’s joint US-Ukrainian statement does not mean that Trump has suddenly changed his tune towards Zelansky. They have a prickly relationship, which has been born with mutual distrust of many years.
But 11 days ago, the ugly cloud of Tari, arising out of that horrific oval office encounter, is going on, because the real business of peace-making is going on.
With the immediate resume of US intelligence sharing and security aid to Ukraine, after a suspension that lasted only for days, it is Russia that is now feeling pressure.
