Trump urges Zelensky and Putin to put an end to war before winter

A position was transmitted by the US President at the end of a meeting with the Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, held on the shore of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

In statements to journalists, Donald Trump said he hoped that, “in the not too distant future, and wish before the harsh winter,” Zelensky and Vladimir Putin reached an agreement.

“ I agree with Zelensky on a lot of different subjects, but you know what I want him to do? Let him come to an agreement. I want you to come to an agreement with Putin and putin to an agreement with him.”, he added.

During the meeting, Zelensky expressed his desire to end the war before winter and asked for the help of the American President.

Following the meeting, the Ukrainian President confirmed that his country was authorised by Trump to manufacture on its own the missiles needed for the American anti-aircraft defense systems Patriot, capable of shooting Russian ballistic missiles.

Ukraine faces a serious shortage of interceptor missiles for the Patriot systems that the Ukrainian army already has, which makes it particularly vulnerable to Russian air strikes against military and civilian targets in its territory.

On the other hand, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denounced, during a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, also in New York, that Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are the cause of “destabilisation of markets”.

Since the end of June Ukraine has attacked around 30 Russian refineries, which significantly reduced Russia’s refining and export capacity to levels that have not been registered for more than 20 years.

Rubio said at a later press conference that Washington will try to get both sides to reach an agreement to stop bombing their energy infrastructure.