During the meeting in Washington Trump, Zelnski and the accompanying European leaders determined that the next stage in peaceful negotiations should be a Zelanski-Putin meeting, and then-three-way conversations with the participation of an American leader. Russia, however, is still intensively attacking goals in Ukraine, and Kiev has recently intensified the strikes of Russian oil refineries.
Both Vladimir Putin and Wołodymyr Zelnski confirmed the desire to meet for peaceful negotiations. However, the exact date is not indicated. -Any contacts with the participation of leaders must be very thoroughly prepared-said the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov on Rossija-24 television.
– President Putin repeated it many times. The most important thing is not to strive for these formats for the sake of media or evening messages – he added. He stipulated that the future peace agreement would have to take into account Russian security interests.
US President: Maybe we will use a different tactics
Donald Trump during the Thursday interview confirmed that within two weeks we should find out whether we would be able to include peace in Ukraine. “Then we may have to use a different tactics,” he added.
Russian conditions
Vladimir Putin demands that Ukraine give up all over Donbass, abandon the ambition of joining NATO, retain neutrality and did not let Western troops into the country, “says Reuters, citing sources in the Kremlin.
The sources of the Reuters agency indicate that Moscow would be willing to give small parts of the circuits: Kharkiv, Sumski and Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine, which it controls as part of a possible agreement.
