US defense spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a regular briefing that US authorities would not dictate when Ukraine should stop hostilities and start negotiations. TASS.
“We will not dictate to Ukraine when it should stop fighting,” a Pentagon spokesperson said.
He explained that the US leadership is deliberately focused on supporting Ukraine to put it in the best possible position when they decide. He said it was time to negotiate.
He wrote in an earlier issue of The Wall Street Journal during a meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He insisted Before the start of negotiations with the Russian side.
In addition, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dai Bing, in his speech at a meeting of the world organization Security Council on Ukraine, said that Beijing said: calls Moscow and Kiev will restart negotiations without preconditions, and the international community should facilitate this.