Posted on 05/30/2025 8:37:53 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s foreign minister on Friday accused Russia of stalling peace negotiations, saying that Moscow had yet to share a promised memorandum outlining its peace terms. He said Kyiv wanted to see that document before sending a delegation to a new round of talks Moscow has proposed for Monday in Istanbul.
The minister, Andrii Sybiha, said at a news conference in Kyiv that for any meeting to be “substantive and meaningful,” Ukraine needed “to receive a document in advance so that the delegation that will attend has the authority to discuss the relevant positions.”
Mr. Sybiha’s remarks came as both Ukraine and Russia have been maneuvering to set the terms and tempo of peace negotiations, while simultaneously trying to win over the White House, which has threatened to pull out of the talks altogether.
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Ukraine is the country that passed a law prohibiting Zelensky from negotiating with Russia.
This is crazy to read.
Aren’t these the same guys that stalled the rare-earth mineral deal with the US?
Any lie will serve with The Gaslight Western Media.
No matter. The AFU is getting exterminated because of its stubborn "leaders".
Ahhhh.
The NY Times and the Ukraine.
Two groups of liars in bed together!
No, it bans third parties from bypassing the Ukraine government
According to a source in Ukraine's president's office, the decree was a "signal to those in Ukraine who wanted to speak (to Russians) bypassing the central government."
"Back then we stated the impossibility, now we can state the possibility, the president as the head of state determines this," the source added.
We have a similar law called the Logan Act.
Perhaps you missed the news that Zelensky was in Turkey waiting to negotiate face-to-face with Putin? It was Putin who did not show up.
“Ahhhh.
The NY Times and the Ukraine.
Two groups of liars in bed together!”
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Together with our resident ZEEPERS.
Does this mean we get to see many more Ukrainians die while Zelensky plays the Piano for Starmer and Macron's Paris All of France No-Go Zones expand?
I'm making popcorn!
The decree prohibited any talks with Putin:
Zelenskiy decree rules out Ukraine talks with Putin as ‘impossible’
Yet Zelensky was in Turkey to meet with Putin. It was Putin who did not show up.
Right, so the president of Ukraine forbade himself from communicating with Putin?
Ukrainian lawmaker and chair of the parliament's foreign affairs committee, Oleksandr Merezhko, told the Kyiv Independent that the problem lies in the interpretation of the decree.
According to Ukraine's constitution, the president represents the state in international relations, manages foreign policy, and negotiates and concludes international treaties on behalf of Ukraine.
"The constitution is always above a presidential decree," Merezhko said. "The constitution clearly says that he (the president) negotiates. That is, he decides with whom to negotiate, when to negotiate, and in what format," he added.
"The decree was aimed at preventing attempts and prohibiting others from conducting any negotiations with Putin."
I don’t know what perverted source you are using, but Reuters says it how it is.
Was Zelensky willing to meet and negotiate with Putin in Turkey? Yes
It wasn’t even legal for him to do so.
Nothing could have come from it. It was a show to the world—and you.
So now you're an expert on Ukraines presidential powers? Its called a presidential decree.
Both want the war to continue and to draw us into it.
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