RabaeUkrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha accused Vladimir Putin of “wasting the world’s time”, a day after high-stakes talks with the US in Ukraine failed to show tangible results.
“Russia must end the bloodshed. If it doesn’t happen and only breaks the distance on the face of the world, there must be consequences,” said Sybiha.
However, Sybiha added that the US delegation told his colleagues that the talks were “positive for the peace process” and they invited the peace officials “and they invited the peace officials to continue the talks with the US in the near future.
President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Kushner spent five hours on Tuesday after a “full, productive meeting”.
The US-Russia talks followed days of US meetings with Ukrainian and European leaders, after it was announced that an agreement was based on Russia’s demands.
Little concrete headlines appear to have been made during the Kremlin talks of reconciling Moscow and Kyiv’s Position.
Reuters / Pool / SputnikPutin’s Senior Policy Triaber Yuri Ushkov said “no compromise” on ending the war had been found. “Some of the US proposals are more acceptable or less acceptable, although they should be discussed further”, he said, while adding that others were openly criticized by the Russian leader.
Although Ushakov has not explained further, at least two major points of contention remain in Moscow and Kyiv – the fate of Ukrainian forces captured by Ukrainian forces captured by Ukrainian forces captured by Ukrainian forces captured by Ukrainian forces captured by Ukrainian forces captured by Ukrainian forces captured by Russian forces and security guaranteed in Ukraine.
Kyiv and its European partners believe that, even with a peace agreement, the most effective way to prevent Russia from attacking Ukraine’s claim to NATO.
Russia is against such a proposal, and Trump has also repeatedly signaled that he has no intention of admitting Kyiv to the Alliance.
The prospect of Ukraine joining NATO is a “Key Question” posed by Moscow, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Ushakov explained that Russia’s negotiating position has been strengthened thanks to new successes on the battlefield.
Russian soldiers who “help make assessments of our foreign partners about the paths to a peace settlement are more appropriate,” he said.
Ahead of the US visit to the Kremlin, Putin was defeated by the developments of the Army in a Russian Post that claimed that the commanders of the main city of Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, in Eastern Ukraine, as well as other nearby settlements.
Fighting in Pokrovsk continues and Russian forces do not control the entire city, but Russian officials clearly believe their message of military gains.
Russian forces have made some advances in the east and appear to be stepping up their campaign in recent weeks. They captured about 701 sq km (270 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory in November, according to an AFP analysis from the Study of War (ISW), and now control 19.3% of Ukrainian territory.
The Kremlin on Wednesday said Putin was ready to continue meeting with the Americans “as many times as necessary”.
But as Russian-American relations grow more cordial, the gulf between Moscow and Europe is widening.
Putin accused Europe of Soviet Russia’s relations with the US, of putting the demands Moscow cannot accept and hindering the peace process. Shortly before WyKOff and Kusner met, Putin told a forum in Moscow that while he did not want conflict in Europe, he was “ready for war”.
RabaeUK government officials dismissed Putin’s message as “yet more Kremlin claptrap from a president who is not serious about peace”.
NATO ministers in Bradsels on Wednesday and Secretary-General Rutte said that the peace talks are encouraging but that it is necessary to put “the strongest position to continue the fight”.
Meanwhile, EU members have reached an agreement with members of the European Parliament to make Europe fully independent of Russian Gas before the end of 2027.
European Commission Chief Ursula Von Der Leyen Praises the “Dawn of a New Era”, under a deal Pipeline contracts in September 2027 and long-term contracts for liquefied natural gas banned from January 2027.
“We choose energy security and freedom for Europe. No more blackmail. No more market manipulation by Putraine,” Energy Commission of Ukraine, “Energy Commission of Dan Jorgense said Dan Jorgensel.
The commission is also pushing to raise €90bn for Ukraine to fund the military and basic services as the war with Russia continues.
The plan may require Belgium to agree to a “reparation loan” using frozen Russian assets held by a financial institution in Brussels, or the money to be financed by international borrowing.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Syvyrydenko welcomed the proposal, which will cover two-thirds of Ukraine’s financial needs in the next two years.
Belgium has rejected plans to use frozen assets held on its territory, due to concerns about legal repercussions from Moscow. The European Central Bank (ECB) also opposed the idea, saying it would not act as a backstop for a lending freeze.
The proposed loan is smaller than the Plan Plan was initially planned and German Minister Johann Wadadephul said “We support it and, of course, Belgium’s concerns are serious”.