Putin Waits for Trump to Negotiate Ukraine Without EU

Russian President Vladimir Putin is waiting for the 2024 U.S. elections, hoping to negotiate on the future of the Russia-Ukraine war with Donald Trump, without the involvement of any European state, Czech President Petr Pavel has said. Meanwhile, Finland, whose NATO membership has been strongly criticized by Moscow, has granted the U.S. military unrestricted access to military facilities close to the Finnish-Russian border. “President Putin has made it quite clear that there can be no discussion of any peace talks until the outcome of the election in the United States. He has thus made it clear that for him, the…