WASHINGTON July 21. 2024 (Saba) - CNN confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his willingness to negotiate with Russia due to major issues in domestic and foreign policy.
According to the Russian RT channel, the network reported, “Kiev is currently facing a double blow: a difficult situation on the front line and political uncertainty regarding the level of future support from Ukraine’s closest allies.”
The network quoted Orisya Lutsevich, an expert and director of the Ukrainian Forum at Chatham House in London, as confirming that the challenging situation forces Zelensky to hint at peace negotiations with Moscow.
“This is a signal to Russia and a signal to the global South that Ukraine is not an obstructive force and is ready to sit at the negotiating table,” Lutsevich said.
Earlier, Zelensky stated that Russian representatives should attend the second peace summit on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during a mid-June meeting with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry that the start of negotiations with Kiev requires Ukraine to withdraw its forces from the entire territory of the new regions in Russia, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye provinces.
Putin indicated that hostilities would cease as soon as Kiev agreed to this condition, stressing that Kiev must officially notify Moscow of its abandonment of plans to join NATO.
Russia demands that Ukraine be a neutral country, free of nuclear weapons, in order to reach a peace settlement.
Moscow has confirmed many times that it is ready for negotiations, but Kiev imposed a legislative ban on it, while the West continues to ignore Kiev's refusal to enter into dialogue.
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