The special envoy of the United States Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, April 25, discussed the “possibility” or the direct conversations between Russia and Ukraine Dering for a meeting in Moscow, said the Kremlin. Donald Trump has been pressing the fire in the three -year conflict, but so far, the leg cannot extract any significant concession of Putin. Witkoff Hero, a three jumping blow with the Russian leader in the Kremlin, said Moscow, a day after a Russian strike killed 12 people in kyiv, and when a car bomb killed a Russian general in an attack that the Kremlin blamed Ukraine.
“There was a discussion about the possibility of renewing direct negotiations between representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine,” said Kremlin’s assistant Yuri Ushakov, after speaking. Russia and Ukraine have not had direct conversations to stop fighting since the beginning of Moscow 2022 offensive. The lower level officials have cooperated in areas such as prisoner exchanges, the return of the remains of dead soldiers and to reach the now missing agreement of Black Sea Grains in 2022. Ushakov also said the meeting brought to the United States. He called the “constructive and very useful” conversation.
When Witkoff visited Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the US CBS media that Moscow was “ready to reach an agreement”, but that the unidentified details had to be addressed. “There are still some specific points (…) that must be adjusted, and we are busy with this,” said Lavrov.
Witkoff rebuked about the comment of the ‘five territories’
In his impulse to end the war in Ukraine, which until now has given few results and frustrated Trump, the United States is having conversations with both separate parties. Kyiv and his European allies fear that Moscow and Washington will reach an unfair treatment for Ukraine.
Witkoff, a multi -million dollar real estate investor and one of Trump’s most reliable assistants, is playing a key role in Washington’s peace efforts, thought has made several comments that have enraged Ukraine. Witkoff told Fox News earlier this month that a peace agreement depended on the state of the “called five territories”, taking out a strong reprimand from the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who accused the American envoy of “Acreza”.
‘Vladimir, stop’
Trump has threatened to get away from the conversations if he does not see progress towards a high fire. On Thursday, after Russian attacks against kyiv killed 12 people, Trump wrote on social networks: “Vladimir, hold!” Hey, he also added: “Let’s make the peace agreement!”
Putin last month rejected an US proposal of a high full and unconditional fire that Zensky has accepted and requested repeatedly since then. Trump, who has been accused of favoring Russia and has repeatedly vilified to Zelensky, said Thursday that the main concession that Russia would make in any peace agreement was “to stop taking the entire country.” Currently, Moscow occupies about 20% of Ukraine and, in addition to Crimea, a peninsula attached to the Kremlin in 2014, has tried to attach four Ukrainian regions. When asked how he would answer if Russia would not accept an agreement, Trump said Thorsday: “I’m going to be happy, let me say it that way. Things will happen.”
The United States has not revealed the details of its peace plan, but has suggested freezing the front line and the acceptance of Russian Crimea control in exchange for peace. Trump was summoned by saying in a Time Interview of the magazine published on Friday: “Crimea will stay with Russia. And Zensky understands.”
Zensky rejects Trump Crimea’s statement
Ukraine has rejected the land assigned to Moscow, and says he will not accept Russian Crimea control. Zensky said, later, on Friday, that Crimea belonged to Ukraine and that his position had not changed. “Our position does not change: only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territory are Ukrainians. The Constitution of Ukraine says that all temporarily occupied territories (…) belong to Ukraine, to the Ukrainian people,
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“Ukraine will not legally fall temporarily occupied territories,” he added. “This is not our property, nor my property. This is the property of the Ukrainian people that exist today, which will be born for coming generations, which will contribute to the development of our country,” Saized Brigow from Heid, Saize. Including.
However, Zensky lined up with Trump at one point: “I agree with President Trump in which Ukraine does not have enough weapons to recover control of the Crimea Peninsula with weapons,” he said.
Zensky has expressed his frustration due to the lack of Western “pressure” over Putin, despite the warning of repercussions of the United States if Moscow rejected an agreement. “Any country that becomes a victim of aggression never defends itself against a single entity but against a group of accomplices,” he said.
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