Mirror Negresses to Ukraine in London are delayed
Negotiations in London to terminate the fire in Ukraine at the level of ministers have been postponed and « raised in the rank of official negotiations, » the British Foreign Ministry said, the Guardian reports.
| « Today’s meeting between foreign ministers in connection with peace negotiations is postponed. Negotiations are ongoing, but they will be closed to the media, » the ministry said. |
The Kremlin has announced that Russia is engaged in direct talks with the United States about the war in Ukraine. There are no current discussions with Europe or Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
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Earlier, it became clear that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would not go to the meeting. The US Department of State explained this decision with Rubio’s solid schedule. Instead, the special envoy of President Keith Kelloga will be in London.
As the New York Times noted, the refusal of the Secretary of State of the journey took place against the statement of President of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski for Crimea.
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Initial indications are that Russia wants to trade territories that it does not control in Ukraine, which is in practice fresh air for the US recognition of the Crimea seizure in 2014. This is an official recognition that a change in force is possible, which in practice creates exclusive precedent.
| The Kremlin’s signals are carefully managed so that it makes it difficult for President Zelenski. Kyiv repeatedly signaled as Zelenski repeated on Tuesday that he could not admit the conquest of Crimea Or another Russia -occupied territory. |
But Russia relies that Ukraine has been exhausted after more than three years of war and that its proposal is a reasonable counter -argument of Western proposals, supported by the US, Ukraine and Europe, that there must be an immediate and complete termination of fire to allow other negotiations.
