On a Monday after Donald Trump hosted Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida, Moscow stood at the edge of a conversation it had not yet heard. The Kremlin, through spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said it could not judge what the meeting had produced, and placed its understanding in the hands of a coming call between Putin and Trump. In a season when peace is spoken of as nearer but its shape remains unnamed, the Kremlin's wait reveals how much of the outcome still depends on who speaks first and who is told what.
Kremlin Says Putin-Trump Call Coming Soon, Cannot Yet Assess Florida Zelensky Talks
Moscow says it will learn the Florida results from Trump himself
Mark
Why does it matter that the Kremlin says it can't assess the Florida talks?
Mimi
Because it shows how the channel works. Peskov says Moscow will hear about the Zelensky meeting from Trump himself, in a call the two presidents already agreed to make.
Luke
Worth noting that's Peskov's account of the agreement. We have no confirmation from the White House in this report.
Mark
He said the call would come in the very near future. Is there a date?
Mimi
No date. Just that phrase.
Luke
So treat it as an expectation, not a schedule.
Mark
What about the January 7 truce?
Mimi
Peskov said the last Putin-Trump call didn't discuss it. That's all we get on it.
Luke
Right, and we don't know who proposed that date or what it would cover. The report doesn't say, so we shouldn't fill it in.
Mark
He also agreed peace is much closer.
Mimi
He said the Kremlin shares Trump's assessment, but gave no reasons or terms.
Luke
Agreeing with a general statement isn't the same as agreeing on terms. And the EU remarks are his characterization, with no evidence offered in the piece.
El Pulso
- Moscow admits it has no details of the Florida talks between Zelensky and Trump and cannot yet judge them.
- A Putin-Trump call is promised for the very near future, with no date given, and it is the moment the Kremlin expects to be briefed.
- Peskov says the last Putin-Trump call did not touch a possible January 7 truce, leaving that proposal's origin and substance unexplained.
- The Kremlin agrees peace in Ukraine has come much closer, yet it has not said what terms it has in mind or what brought this shift.
- Peskov turns to EU leaders, predicting difficult elections and growing discontent, though he offers no evidence beyond his own characterization.
On a Monday after Donald Trump hosted Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida, Moscow stood at the edge of a conversation it had not yet heard. The Kremlin, through spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said it could not judge what the meeting had produced, and placed its understanding in the hands of a coming call between Putin and Trump. In a season when peace is spoken of as nearer but its shape remains unnamed, the Kremlin's wait reveals how much of the outcome still depends on who speaks first and who is told what.
On Monday, the day after Donald Trump sat down with Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida, the Kremlin said it did not yet know what had come of the meeting. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow had no information on how the talks went, and so could not assess them. The missing piece, he said, would arrive through another conversation between Vladimir Putin and Trump, which the two presidents had agreed to hold once the Florida talks ended. He gave no date, only that it would come in the very near future.
The sequence of the weekend shaped this wait. Before meeting Zelensky, Trump had described a productive call with Putin, and afterward the Florida talks were followed by a phone conversation with European leaders. The Kremlin's stance is that it learns the substance of such meetings from Trump rather than from Kyiv or the Europeans.
Peskov also addressed a possible truce on January 7, stating that the most recent Putin-Trump call had not touched on it. He offered no further detail on who had raised the idea or what it would involve. He agreed with Trump that peace in Ukraine has come much closer, though he did not explain what has brought that about or what terms Moscow would accept. There was, he added, no current talk of a call between Putin and Zelensky.
He then turned to Europe, predicting a hard road for EU leaders at the next elections and describing growing discontent among citizens who, in his account, are weary of leaders eager to continue the war. These remained his own characterizations, without supporting evidence. For now, the Kremlin's reading of Florida waits on the call that has yet to be scheduled.
On Monday, the day after Donald Trump hosted Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida, the Kremlin said it did not yet know what had come out of the meeting. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow had no information on how the talks went and so could not assess them.
Peskov said that would change after another conversation between Vladimir Putin and Trump. By his account, the two presidents agreed to speak again once the Florida talks were done, and that call is when Moscow expects to be briefed. Asked when it would happen, he said it would take place in the very near future. He gave no date or time.
The sequence matters. On Sunday, Trump met Zelensky in Florida for bilateral talks, and afterward the two held a telephone conversation with European leaders. Before sitting down with Zelensky, Trump had said he had a good and very productive phone call with Putin. Sputnik's own coverage from the day before put the length of that call at one hour and fifteen minutes. The Kremlin's position is that it learns the substance of the Zelensky meeting from Trump, not from Kyiv or the Europeans.
Peskov also addressed one specific question, a possible truce on January 7. He said the most recent Putin-Trump call did not touch on it. The source does not say who raised the date or what the proposal would involve, and Peskov offered no further detail.
On the broader outlook, Peskov said the Kremlin agrees with Trump's assessment that peace in Ukraine has become much closer. He did not say what has brought it closer or what terms Moscow has in mind.
He added that there is currently no talk of a telephone conversation between Putin and Zelensky.
Peskov then turned to Europe. He said the next elections will be difficult for EU leaders, calling this obvious. In his telling, discontent is growing in the EU because more of its leaders are eager to continue the war and are reaching into taxpayers' pockets. He said EU citizens will nonetheless have to put up with the leaders they elected until new elections come. These are the Kremlin spokesman's characterizations, delivered to reporters, and the report offers no polling or other evidence behind them.
What to watch now is the Putin-Trump call Peskov says is imminent. Whether it produces anything concrete, such as a truce or a framework for peace, is not something the Kremlin has said, and until the call happens Moscow's reading of the Florida talks remains unstated.
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We do not know how they went, so we cannot assess.— Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
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