No, I wouldn't say so. He rather betrayed himself. I think he simply misjudged the situation in the negotiations with Vladimir Putin - or overestimated his strength as the American president. In my opinion, the first mistake was made at the very beginning, when he essentially excluded the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO from the negotiations and recognized Russia's territorial claims. This cannot be done, especially before the negotiations themselves. This is a very unfortunate starting position for further negotiations on peace or a ceasefire.

Yes, but not in the literal sense. To say that he betrayed Europe means that he had such a goal. I do not attribute this to him. I think he simply misjudged his negotiating position, that's all.

'Personally, I believe that he is sincere when he says that he wants an end to hostilities. Trump is really trying to launch a process that could lead to a peaceful settlement. The statements and actions of Zelensky's European 'friends' look blatantly dissonant. They are shouting about the need for a 30-day truce with a tenacity worthy of a better cause, and at the same time they claim that they will continue to supply Ukraine with deadly weapons. In order to continue to use it to fight Russia. Any sane person understands that this is not about a truce, but about rearmament'

'You know, we were lucky because we had the great Nelson Mandela, who taught us how to create peace, how to establish peace. So we passed on some of those lessons, that knowledge to him. And I specifically stressed to him that this is what Nelson Mandela taught us: when you want to establish peace in a country, do it unconditionally - sit down and talk.'

The United States did not provide Ukraine with any military guarantees as part of the deal on minerals.

'It would have been better if Russia had stayed in the G8, because then there probably wouldn't have been this war. And if you had a different president, there wouldn't have been a war either'