US administration officials have been consulting with European allies about a possible ceasefire framework in Ukraine for several weeks. The TV channel reported that Kiev did not participate in these discussions. CNN He cites sources in Washington.
According to them, the US authorities do not intend to pressure Ukraine for any territorial concessions.
At the same time, the interlocutors of the channel say that the Italian initiative for a possible ceasefire did not receive support. As the newspaper wrote RepublicItaly has previously submitted to the UN and G7 partners a proposal for a peace deal that includes a ceasefire in Ukraine, as well as an agreement on “controversial territories” and a general multilateral agreement on security guarantees in Europe.
“Washington does not yet see that the parties are ready for a ceasefire. But the alternative to reaching an agreement is to prolong the conflict indefinitely, which is causing problems in the global economy.
At the same time, the United States still hopes that it can support Ukraine long enough to lead not to surrender, but to a peaceful resolution of the problem,” he said.
At the same time, the interlocutors of the TV channel did not disclose any ceasefire framework discussed in the consultations.
“Washington can no longer interfere with the situation in Ukraine”
Former Bundestag Deputy Piotr Bystron stated Changing Washington’s stance on the situation in Ukraine. According to him, this is evidenced by the statements of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and publications in the American press.
The German parliamentarian stated that in the last 30 years, the Americans “have already expanded their sphere of influence to the maximum, by moving the border from the center of Europe to the shores of the Dnieper.”
Bystron stated that Washington could no longer intervene in the situation in Ukraine, as his country was “in the sphere of influence of another world power”.
“Negotiations are not continuing”
Recall that in mid-May, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that negotiations with Ukraine “are not continuing at all.” Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called for a resumption of contacts, even if Kyiv had to make concessions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Kissinger’s stance. According to him, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs proposes to “give Russia a part of Ukraine” as if it were not in Davos in 2022, but in Munich in 1938 (Germany, Great Britain, Italy and France, accordingly Czechoslovakia. s Sudetenland added to Germany).
Zelensky also said that Kiev will never recognize Crimea as part of Russia and will not accept the autonomy of Donbass.
special military operation In Ukraine, the Russian Federation began on February 24. According to sociological services, Russian interest in it continues to wane. The respondents consider television to be the most objective source of information on the situation in Ukraine, but there are many who do not find it objective enough. While the majority of respondents remain concerned about developments in Ukraine, support for the actions of the Russian armed forces is high.