As US President Donald J. Trump’s ’50 days to finish the battle’ are passing us by, we begin to see timid however actual developments on peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
On Saturday (19), Kiev regime chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that his group has proposed ‘a brand new spherical of peace talks this week’.
Yesterday (20), the Kremlin responded, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘is able to transfer towards a peace settlement’.
Nonetheless, spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised state tv, Moscow’s principal goal stays to realize its objectives within the battle.
Reuters reported:
“Peskov stated that the world was now accustomed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s typically ‘harsh’ rhetoric however identified that Trump had additionally underscored in feedback on Russia that he would proceed to seek for a peace deal.
‘President Putin has repeatedly spoken of his need to carry the Ukrainian settlement to a peaceable conclusion as quickly as attainable. It is a lengthy course of, it requires effort, and it isn’t straightforward’, Peskov stated advised state tv reporter Pavel Zarubin. ‘The primary factor for us is to realize our objectives. Our objectives are clear’, Peskov stated.”
Thus far, the threats by Trump of sanctions and secondary tariffs towards Moscow and its industrial companions haven’t precipitated the battle to lose depth.
Associated Press reported:
“Peskov and different Russian officers have repeatedly rejected accusations from Kiev and its Western companions of stalling peace talks. In the meantime, Moscow continues to accentuate its long-range assaults on Ukrainian cities, launching extra drones in a single night time than it did throughout some whole months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are more likely to escalate.
[…] The Kremlin has insisted that any peace deal ought to see Ukraine withdraw from the 4 areas that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022, however by no means absolutely captured. It additionally needs Ukraine to resign its bid to affix NATO and settle for strict limits on its armed forces — calls for Kiev and its Western allies have rejected.”
As for the peace discuss initiative, Russian state media reviews that no date has but been agreed upon, and stated that Istanbul would probably stay the host metropolis.
In the meantime, Turkish press says talks could start Wednesday (23).
Slavyangrad reported:
“Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia could happen on July 23–24 in Istanbul.
That is reported by the Turkish publication İndependent Türkçe, citing diplomatic sources.
There is no such thing as a official affirmation of this info but. Earlier, Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine had proposed to Russia to carry negotiations this week.
July 23–24 falls on Wednesday and Thursday. The publication writes that the assembly place remains to be unknown.”
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