Expert Claims Putin Offered Trump Ukraine-Iran Deal
Translated & summarized from Cursorinfo by baba
An expert suggested Vladimir Putin offered Donald Trump a deal to exchange Ukraine for Iran, with Trump pressuring Kyiv. This theory is linked to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent visit to Iran. Meanwhile, separate negotiations in Abu Dhabi involving Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. concluded after several days, discussing security guarantees and prisoner exchanges.
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- Expert Mohammad Farajallah claims Putin proposed trading Ukraine for Iran to Donald Trump.
- Farajallah links the alleged deal to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Iran.
- The expert cited both Putin and Trump being in difficult political situations.
- Iran reportedly offered Russia a military base in the Persian Gulf in a separate deal.
- Separate negotiations in Abu Dhabi involved Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. discussing security and prisoner exchanges.
An expert on Ukrainian-Arab relations, Mohammad Farajallah, has proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have offered U.S. President Donald Trump a deal involving an exchange of Ukraine for Iran. Farajallah, who heads the publication "Ukraine in Arabic," suggested in an interview with Radio NV that Putin would ask Iran to accept an American agreement, while Trump would pressure Kyiv. This theory is linked by Farajallah to a recent Middle East trip by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who reportedly visited Iran the week prior, attempting to broker such an arrangement to "save Trump." Farajallah cited the difficult positions of both leaders, stating, "Putin is stuck in this war in Ukraine and cannot win, and Trump is also stuck." He recalled Trump's previous pressure on Ukraine to redraw borders in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The expert also mentioned leaked information about a counter-offer from Tehran to Russia, proposing a Russian military base in the Persian Gulf and dismissing Trump as a "lame duck" who would be out of power in two years. Farajallah believes Putin found this Iranian offer appealing, given the perception of Trump as a leader with whom no one wants to negotiate. The article also notes that Trump, along with U.S. ally Israel, initiated a war with Iran on February 28, 2026, with 71% of Americans reportedly wanting Congress to pass a law to end it. Separately, a round of negotiations involving Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. concluded in Abu Dhabi. The delegations, including Ukraine's Rustem Umerov and Kyrylo Budanov, Russia's Vladimir Medinsky, and the U.S.'s Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, met for several hours over two days. Discussions reportedly covered security guarantees, Moscow's demands, and Ukraine's post-war future. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that a large exchange of prisoners of war was also discussed. Previous reports indicated that the U.S. aimed to discuss not only ending the war in Ukraine but also establishing a "long-term security architecture" between Russia and Europe.