“Now they started talking about something, they don’t just give ultimatums.” So today the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyindicated that there would be a certain change of position on the part of Russia which, while continuing military action in Ukraine, would be giving signals of dialogue and not just dictating conditions.
“The dialogue with Naftali Bennett continues, we talked about the Russian aggression and the prospects for peace talks”, the Ukrainian president then wrote on Twitter about a new meeting with the Israeli prime minister. “We have to stop the pressure from civilians, I asked for help with the release of the captured Melitopol mayor and other public officials,” added Zelensky who today, during a press conference, said he had spoken with Bennett about the possibility of performing a Jerusalem, any peace talks with Russia.
In the meantime, Russia would have expressed its readiness to hold negotiations in the Israeli capital overnight. This is what the ‘Jerusalem Post’ reports, citing diplomatic sources consulted after the phone call between the Israeli prime minister and the Ukrainian president.
KULEBA: “WE TALK, BUT MOSCOW REQUESTS UNACCEPTABLE”
“We are talking, but Russia continues to present requests that are unacceptable to us. We will not compromise on issues that affect the existence of Ukraine”, meanwhile the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, reiterated today, speaking in a forum in the US, according to CNN. His statements come after Elysée sources, who reported on today’s phone call between Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz, reported that Putin appeared “determined to achieve his goals in Ukraine” and “unwilling to do so in the interview. to stop the conflict “. But the very fact that he continues to speak with French and German leaders suggests, the sources explain, that “does not completely rule out the possibility of a diplomatic solution”.
“There is little room for diplomacy in Putin’s mind,” added the minister, who was pessimistic about the possibility that negotiations with Russia could stop the conflict, according to CNN. “We must keep the channel of diplomacy open”, he added, however, warning that we must beware of “Russia’s attempts to publicly manipulate this track”.
NEGOTIATE FORWARD IN VIDEO CONFERENCE
Meanwhile, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations continue to speak to each other via video conference, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained today, quoted by the Russian press agency Interfax. “The negotiations are continuing on video link. (Presidential adviser) Vladimir Medinsky continues to lead the delegation” – continued Peskov – “as regards the details, we do not comment”. These talks, the spokesman explained, are a continuation of the three meetings that took place in Belarus between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
The press service of the Russian presidency, writes Interfax, previously reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in detail by telephone “about a series of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives that they have been held in the last few days in video link “.
And after the Kremlin, the Ukrainian government also confirms that contacts between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations are going forward via video conference. “Negotiations with the Russian delegation are continuing on video, subgroups have been created, Ukraine’s positions have been precisely defined by previous directives,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak explained on Twitter, acknowledging “the difficulty. “with which these contacts proceed.
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