Dmitri Medvedev warns: “All the enemies of Russia who emit negotiation ultimatums to remember a simple thing”
Dmitri Medvedev. Photo: SOPA IMAGES, SOPA IMAGES LIMITED / ALAMY / Profimedia
Former Russian prime minister and vice -president of the Security Council, Dmitri Medvedev, drew attention to those who demand peace negotiations in the context of the Ukraine war in 2022 by Vladimir Putin that a failure of the discussions can escalate the conflict.
The Russian official declared his construction of X that “all the enemies of Russia who issue negotiating ultimatums to remember a simple thing: peace negotiations do not always lead to hostilities.”
Medvedev stressed that “unsuccessful negotiations can lead to a more awful stage of war, with new weapons and participants.”
His message comes in a high tension moment, emphasizing the prospect of a wider and more devastating conflict if peace efforts fail.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will talk on Monday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to stop the “blood bath” caused by the Ukraine war, according to a posting on his social network, Social Truth.
Later, Trump said that he will also discuss with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, as well as with NATO officials, expressing his hope that a “ceasefire will take place, and this extremely violent war will end”, according to AFP.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on the phone, but did not meet face to face after the Republican return to the White House.
The Kremlin said on Friday by the voice of spokesman Dmitri Peskov, that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, is essential to make progress on the Ukraine and other issues, but requires training and must produce results when.
