Posted on 04/03/2022 9:01:34 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Sunday that there hasn't been enough progress in peace talks that would lead to a meeting with Ukraine due to disputes about territories.
"The draft agreement is not ready for submission to a meeting at the top," Medinsky said on Telegram. "I repeat again and again: Russia's position on Crimea and Donbas remains UNCHANGED."
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His statement comes after Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia told a local TV station on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could meet soon with draft peace agreement documents, according to Interfax-Ukraine News Agency.
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"Unfortunately, I don't share Arakhamia's optimism," he said, according to Reuters. "Moreover, Ukrainian diplomatic and military experts lag far behind on confirming even those agreements which were already reached at the political level on the draft text."
Still, Medinsky said that more talks would resume through video conference on Monday.
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I guess our side has to clean out another 20% of their men and machinery to wake them up! The weaker Russia becomes the more opportunistic CHINA WILL BECOME!
I imagine these negotiations are only for show.
It seems logical that Russia’s immediate goal is eliminating the Ukraine Army in Eastern Ukraine. Its where the bulk of Ukraine’s Army is, and surprisingly, neither side’s propaganda talks about them at all.
I also can’t imagine Russia would stop until it has seized Odessa and cut Ukraine off from the sea.
The best thing for the US at this point is to have Russia locked long term into that meat grinder.
As Russia becomes weaker CHINA will be licking her chops and waiting to POUNCE on eastern Russia!
Russia is having major supply problems with replacement parts for broken machinery........ you see most of those parts are made..... wait for it.... IN UKRAINE!
Yup, keep sending the Ukrainians weapons.
Most of that was made in Dombass. This machinery was relocated to Russia under Yakunivoch, the rest is in the Russian controlled areas of Dombass pre 2022 invasion.
Meaning the military operation isn’t yet finished. 😏
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