Lavrov: "Ukraine is trying to delay and undermine negotiations with Russia"
Posted on 04/07/2022 6:43:32 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday that Kiev’s new written proposals on how to resolve the ongoing armed conflict with Russia deviate from what it submitted to Moscow during the previous round of talks in Turkey.
“Ukraine apparently wants to stall for time and continue the hostilities,” he said, adding that Washington may have a hand in this shift.
The new proposal, sent by Ukraine on Wednesday, fails to mention that the security guarantees Kiev wants to obtain from leading world powers do not cover Crimea, the top Russian diplomat added, according to RT.
“Instead of the explicit exclusion of Crimea from the proposed security arrangement, the new document has “vague wording about an effective control,” Lavrov said.
Kiev wants to discuss the issue during a future bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, he added.
The Russian foreign minister stressed that the status of Crimea was not up for discussion in any way.
Another deviation comes in the part that describes Ukraine’s commitment to restrict joint exercises with foreign powers on its territory. The previous version said such drills would only be possible if all nations guaranteeing Ukraine’s security agree to them, including Russia. The new version says a “majority of guarantors” must give their permission and does not mention Russia, Lavrov said.
He added that the deviations from Kiev’s previous draft, which was delivered during talks in Istanbul last week, exposed Kiev’s “true intentions” of stalling and undermining the peace process.
The foreign minister said the changes exemplify Ukraine’s inability to stick to agreements and serves as evidence “that the Kiev regime is controlled by Washington and its allies, who push President Zelensky to continue hostilities.”
Lavrov said Russia will continue its efforts to negotiate peace with the Ukrainian government
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Forever war.
Ukraine is kicking Russia’s invasion force and Russia is now whining that the Ukraine isn’t playing fair.
And the Neocons applauded 🤣
Yeah, Putin is one paranoid person; well all Russians are in a way.
Ukraine is our proxy and Ukrainian civilians our ammo
No worries
Biden admin wants this to go on and on so they can use this to ‘splain away all the damage that they are doing to America while people are wasting their attention on a place that isn’t an American interest in the slightest. It also shows how little care Zelensky has for the human life in Ukraine.
This could end. End it now or let EU handle it while we get rid of Biden. He is our top dangerous security issue.
I found this article pretty interesting:
https://ricochet.com/1214468/finnish-intelligence-officer-explains-the-russian-mindset/
The one thing the FJB administration aka deep state machine does NOT want is an end to this war, via negotiations, and peace.
This fedgov will fight Putin to the very last Ukrainian. They really don’t care how many Ukrainians die. Means nothing to them.
Must. Hurt. Putin.
Hello, endless proxy war!
$$$$$$$$$
If the Ukranians are killing more russians...why should they stop?
Killing Russians in Ukraine is a good thing.
Looks like Ukraine thinks it can reclaim territory taken by Russia in 2014.
KGB Putin is panicking because he doesn’t have any fighting troops left in Crimea.
If his troops have to retreat back to Crimea, the war in the South (including Mariupol) is over for Russia.
Situation on the ground ALWAYS plays a part in extended negotiations - this is just Russian whining. They’re getting their azzes handed to them, so their ‘power position’ at the table has rotted.
“Biden admin wants this to go on and on so they can use this to ‘splain away all the damage that they are doing to America while people are wasting their attention on a place that isn’t an American interest in the slightest. It also shows how little care Zelensky has for the human life in Ukraine.
This could end. End it now or let EU handle it ...”
Yup. Zelensky is bought and paid for. He’s a relatively recently VERY wealthy man, with offshore accounts. He’s basically a glamorous figues head, aka Justin Trudeau.
Azov and other NAZI like groups ignore him and his “orders,” and do what they want. They are autonomous, and off the leash, killing Ukrainians and Russians alike.
It’s a giant CF, everybody’s corrupt, and none of our business.
In the last week the Ukrainians achieved a decisive victory in the Battle of Kiev. The Russians should understand that for each battle they lose Ukraine will increase its demands.
If the U.S. had been invaded through Mexico 3 times in the past few centuries, with the last one resulting in a war that killed 25 million Americans, we might be paranoid about a hostile force taking control of Mexico.
Zelenskyy want to keep the bucks flowing.
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