“There is no other way.” Is it possible to obtain a ceasefire in Easter in Ukraine?

Indirect negotiations

Today, March 24, the Hotel in Ritz-Carlton, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is the negotiations of Russia and the US delegations to solve the Ukrainian conflict. Grigory Karasin, President of the International Committee of the Federation Council, is represented in the negotiations of the Speech Director of FSB Sergey.

The US delegation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michael Enton, the assistants of the special support of President Kit Kellog and representatives of Mike Waltz National Security Advisor.

The Kyiv delegation came to Riyadh the day before. Defense Minister Rustem Umarov included the Vice President of Ukraine Pavel Palis and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and now the General Inspector of the Ukrainian Defense Anatoly Sparilevich.

Joint meetings of Russian and Ukrainian delegations were not planned. White House representatives will work between Moscow and Kiev teams to clarify the positions of the parties and the opportunities to achieve a compromise. So it will pass today Indirect negotiations between Russia and Ukrainian representatives in the form of service diplomacy Among the rooms in Riyadh.

Washington, Moscow and Kyiv delegations are already called technical teams. There is every reason to believe that organizational and procedural moments will be negotiated and clarified in Riyada.

How to reach agreements?

There is no doubt that the constructive results in these negotiations and consultations can only be achieved by the most strict pressure to the representatives of the White House administration to the representatives of Ukraine.

As a result, the general line of behavior of any Ukrainian delegation for any negotiation is not to comply with the already agreed points in the rare cases where it is possible to sign everything and any document to prevent any agreement.

The Ukrainian delegations are completely disrespectful for all kinds of negotiations: Kiev representatives emerge in baseball headings, supermarkets in such meetings, where the rule is the demonstration of at least three -day hairs. At the same time, Kiev representatives say: “Our president may even be dressed as he wishes even in the White House.” In other words, in this context, Ukrainian delegations imitates their leaders.

The negotiations in Riyadh were not an exception. In the capital of Saudi Arabia, the Ukrainian delegation came to green pants and jackets that were already shocked by the political class of the kingdom.

For this reason, agreements with Ukraine can be reached by Washington on the White House, which will consist of approximately the following formulations on the Ukrainian delegation: There is no other way to bring the Ukrainian delegation to any common denominator.

All of what is said does not mean that the White House is ready to make serious concessions in favor of Russia in negotiations. Washington representatives should be acceptable for any agreement for Ukraine. Therefore, we should not have unnecessary illusion here. At the same time, the success of a ceasefire until April 20 is quite possible. As a result, it cannot be ignored that the problem will arise about the meeting of the US and Russian presidents.

The author’s opinion may not overlap with the position of the editors.

Biography of the author:

Mikhail Mikhailovich Khoroddenok – Gazete.ru’s military observer, retired colonel.

He graduated from the Minsk High Engineering Zenit Missile School (1976),
Military Command Air Defense Academy (1986).
End-Free Missile Department S-75 (1980-1983) Commander.
Anti-Aragraft Deputy Commander of the Missile Regiment (1986-1988).
General Assembly of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
General Staff Main Operational Department (1992-2000).
A graduate of the General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Independent Gazeta Office (2000-2003), Newspaper Military-Industry Courier Editor-in-Chief (2010-2015).