Posted on 04/21/2022 10:50:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
LONDON (REUTERS) -The Kremlin said on Thursday (April 21) that Moscow was still waiting for Ukraine's response to Russia's latest written proposal in peace talks between the two sides, and questioned why Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky was unaware of the document.
Mr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he had not seen or heard about the text the Kremlin said it had sent.
"I repeat once again, as I said yesterday, our formulations, in fact the latest version, were handed to our opponents, to the Ukrainian negotiating delegation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Mr Peskov said the Kremlin was aware of Mr Zelensky's comment, "which also raises certain questions about why no one is reporting to President Zelensky about our versions of the text".
The comments from the two sides appeared to highlight both the gulf in their positions and the poor state of communication between them, eight weeks after Russia sent its troops and tanks into Ukraine and more than three weeks after they last held face-to-face talks on March 29.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 12 that the talks had come to a dead end.
Ukraine's chief negotiator said on Tuesday that it was hard to predict when they might resume because of Russia's siege of Mariupol and what he said was Moscow's desire to strengthen its position through a new military offensive.
Russia says it was forced to launch its "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine and protect Russian-speakers there from "genocide" - arguments denounced by Kyiv and the West as baseless pretexts for war.
Moscow wants Kyiv to accept the loss of Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, and of the eastern Donbas region, which is now the focus of the Russian offensive.
Ukraine says it will not compromise on its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Maybe it’s because you Russian ***holes are dropping bombs on his country.
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“Please, please, read the proposal, we are desperate and need a way out of the epic fail we are caught in.”
Because Zelensky isn’t in charge in Ukraine. The Pentagram is.
It is Zelensky begging for money and weapons. I want him to have an out so we can quit sending biillions for that mess of a stupid country and focus on our own.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
He did look kind of out of it all a couple days ago. Probably missing the old days of making lewd videos and cozying up with Kolomoisky.
Indeed.
Rasputin wants peace after bombing the crap out of Ukraine. Fug him. What would you do if the same thing was happening here?
Zelensky is just the figurehead and isn’t allowed to make these decisions duh.
Maybe you should give it up then.
Or did you mean to imply that Russia is not dropping bombs on Ukraine? Because that would be a particularly stupid pathetic and week lie even by your standards.
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It depends on what the situation on the ground is. Ze seems like believe the Daily Male propaganda of undisciplined orcs running away from his valiant troops with washing machines in their pockets.
I don’’t see demilitarization and denazification complete.
Or Zelenskyy is on French tv endorsing Macron…
You’ve only posted that pic 8 times today.
“Zelensky is just the figurehead and isn’t allowed to make these decisions duh”.
Zelensky and Biden probably have some of the same Puppet Masters.
surprising rooters reported it.
straits times is generally good at reporting
cant we all just eat perogies and get along?
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