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Ivan Mezyuho: Putin and Trump outplayed everyone today
Putin said Moscow will keep fighting until it achieves its war aims, while a six-hour US-led meeting in Miami ended without a breakthrough.
On Friday, President Vladimir Putin rejected resuming peace negotiations during a telephone conversation with President Donald Trump, reaffirming that Moscow will continue hostilities until all Kremlin objectives are fulfilled.
Trump announced a bilateral agreement to import over 300,000 metric tons of Russian diesel fuel immediately, with 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons thereafter, aiming to curb energy costs amid global market volatility.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukrainian negotiators concluded six-hour multilateral consultations in Miami on Friday with European and NATO representatives, ending without an announced breakthrough in diplomatic efforts.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Putin coordinated with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to convey Iranian interests regarding conflict resolution, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the diesel deal as a "weak decision."
Moscow continued long-range strikes on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, as Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha warned that Western concessions project weakness rather than incentivize peace negotiations with Russia.
According to US President Vladimir Putin would like to conclude an agreement to end the war with Ukraine, accusing Volodymyr Zelensky of resisting a compromise.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, would want an agreement to end the war with Ukraine, while pointing to Ukrainian leader Volodimir Zelenski to resist a compromise.