Washington, D.C. – Na serious gbege dey happen as US President Donald Trump don finally plan meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Alaska next week. This meeting, wey go happen on August 15, na so Trump fit wan settle the wahala wey don dey go on for Ukraine since 2022. All dis matter na serious business o, but you know say we go always find small gist inside serious matter.
Trump make the announcement for him social media handle, and I go talk say hin plenty jaga-jaga style don carry the matter come wahala. Kremin don confirm say Alaska na correct location, because e dey near Russia (even though e fit be say na just gree gree chat wey dem dey enjoy). But as e be, nobody don hear anything from Ukraine hands yet.
Just few hours before this meeting talk, Trump don drop hint say Ukraine fit need to give up some land make peace reign. (Na who go wan hear say dem go swap land like small small picks? This matter dey heavy!) He talk say war don dey drag for about three and a half years now, and both side don lose plenty soldiers.
“E no easy o,” Trump yan as he dey think of exchanging territory with Putin to make everybody gree do well. But wetin this matter go look like? Nobody sabi yet, but we fit expect something dey tricky.
Reports come dey fly say White House dey try convince European leaders make dem accept proposal wey go make Russia carry Donbas region and Crimea, while dem go drop Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. As the gist dey hot, na only God fit help us see how Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky go take waka. E don already talk say him no wan hear anything wey concern giving land away.
Some White House official don tell CBS say the plan for the meeting dey fluid (e no fit wetin that one mean, but for Naija we dey say na ‘anything can happen’). Dem still dey think say maybe, just maybe, Zelensky go fit jump in before everything finalize. But make we no deceive ourselves, the wahala no dey end at all.
Moscow don dey hold on to about 20% of Ukraine land, and na for this level wey dem dey now, dem still dey far from settling dis matter. Many direct talks don happen for Istanbul, but e be like say na just time-wasting missions as nothing don change.
Russia dey demand make Ukraine become neutral state, and dem no wan hear anything concerning NATO (like say dem dey play small drama). Dem also need Ukraine to withdraw military from the areas wey dem dey control, and make dem disband military completely. E be like say Trump get another plan wey fit catch dem, because him talk say North American leaders dey look for peace, and na wetin everybody suppose want.
Wetin I fit talk be say, Trump don dey yan since last month say e don trust Putin for matter wey concern the war, and him don set deadline before for them to seize fire else wahala go dey with sanctions (and you sabi say sanctions no be jolly thing). I dey wonder whether all dis pressure go really fit make anything change before dem meet next week. We fit just dey watch as Queen say, ‘play your own role in this drama!’
Na since February, dey no hear from the two leaders directly, last time dem meet na 2021 with Biden. So this Alaska meet na major news, and e fit change the narrative wey everybody sabi. So, make we gree say this meeting fit be the among the most anticipated moments if anything fit happen.
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