The postponed Trump-Putin summit in Budapest to end the war in Europe, will take place in late November or early December. The main reason for postponing the summit was the inability of Putin and Zelenskyy to find a compromise that would satisfy both Russia and Ukraine.

Also playing a role was the West’s failure to understand the depth of the contradictions between the peoples of the two parts of the former Russian Empire and the USSR. These contradictions have acquired a civilizational character over the years of Ukraine’s independence.

The misunderstanding of the positions and goals of the negotiating partners, first in Moscow, where Witkoff met Putin, and then in Anchorage, where Putin met Trump, also had an impact. The negotiators said one thing but understood another, which is typical for representatives of Russian and Western civilizations.

Trump and Putin are not changing their goals.
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