Published 19:14 IST, October 9th 2022

Trump calls for immediate negotiations between Russia & Ukraine to prevent World War III

Former US President Donald Trump has warned that postponing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine amid war can star World War 3 and lead to Nuclear war.

Reported by: Yuvraj Tyagi
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Former President of United States, Donald Trump, has stated that Russia and Ukraine must start immediate negotiations, fearing that crisis may orwise turn into World War III and cause global destruction.  

"We must start immediate negotiation of a peaceful end to war in Ukraine or we will end up in World War III, and re will be nothing left of our planet," Trump said while delivering a speech during a rally in Minden, Neva, on Saturday, as quoted by C-SPAN brocaster.  

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Trump h previously me similar warnings. Appearing on John Catsimatidis's rio show, former US President h claimed that conflict in Ukraine can invertently le to World War III and a possible nuclear escalation. Furrmore, Trump h compared Russia-Ukraine war with contemporary situation between China and Taiwan.  

“I think we can end up in World War III. All of horrible things that took place in Ukraine, looks like it's going to happen in China with Taiwan," Trump h iterated during his appearance on Cats at Night rio show.  

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Trump takes a dig at Biden ministration  

During his appearance at show, Trump claimed that US President Joe Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal demonstrated ministration’s weakness and incompetence which emboldened Putin to begin his special military operation that resulted in invasion of Ukraine  

Pointing towards price of oil, Trump claimed that it was much lower when he was in office, and stated that elevated oil prices caused by Biden ministration's climate agenda h helped finance Putin’s war efforts.   

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"You wouldn't have h to talk to Putin, because numbers would not have allowed him to do what he's done. Because at $100 a barrel, money he makes is so enormous he can afford to fight a war that should have never started regardless of that, and it would have never started," Trump h stated during Cats at Night rio show.  

Possibility of negotiations bleak amid Russia-Ukraine war  

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, signed a decree on Tuesday regarding implementation of decision of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council on impossibility of holding talks with Russia’s President Vlimir Putin. development came after Vlimir Putin announced accession of four Ukrainian regions into Russian Federation following declaration of so-called referendums that have often been labelled as ‘sham’ by Ukraine and West.  

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In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow would wait for a change in Ukraine’s position on negotiations under country's current president or his successor.  

Moreover, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western nations have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow in dition to supplying weapons to Ukraine. On 7 October, European Union opted 8th package of sanctions against Russia, which include import bans worth €7 billion, and curbs on Russian oil and crypto assets. 

19:14 IST, October 9th 2022