Bolton’s claim: Putin is waiting for the outcome of the US election for a ceasefire with Ukraine
| John Bolton, the former national security adviser of the United States, claimed that the November presidential elections play a key role in ending the war in Ukraine, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin is probably waiting for the results of these elections. |
Newsweek wrote: The former US ambassador to the United Nations, who also served as a national security advisor between 2018 and 2019 in the administration of former US President Donald Trump, expressed his views on the possible path in a telephone conversation with this media. He raised the end of the war in Ukraine.
He predicted that Russian forces will continue to fight in the months after the US presidential election, which will probably be the scene of the competition between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic US President Joe Biden.
In this conversation, this American politician called any Russian threat to use nuclear weapons a “bluff” and said that it is unlikely that Russia’s use of nuclear weapons is serious at this point.
Bolton described the real danger as the lack of sufficient ammunition in Ukraine and the stalemate in this war, and acknowledged that now Russian forces have made more progress, and this puts Putin in a strong position in the negotiations.
This American official said: Putin may wait for the results of the November elections and the winner of the elections. If Trump wins the Republican nomination, since I think Putin believes he can get a better deal with him, he may call for a truce.
He claimed that the Ukrainians had done an outstanding job in sinking Russian ships in the Black Sea, showing that Russia’s naval defenses were weak, but the real test was on the land front of the war. In this front, Ukraine has been in a defensive position.
In response to the question whether he sees the end of the war in the near future, Bolton said that he does not hope that a ceasefire will be established before the US presidential election.
The former US national security adviser asked the members of Congress to sign the aid package to Ukraine as soon as possible as the first step, regarding Washington’s greater aid to Ukraine and the country’s participation in this war.
However, this American official said that it is unlikely that the issue of aid to Ukraine will change if Biden or Trump wins the November elections.
Source: IRNA
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