while you communicate Russian military operation On Ukrainian soil, amid stalled negotiations between the two countries, Russia announced today, Wednesday, that it no longer trusts Ukrainian negotiators.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow had lost confidence in Ukrainian officials.
She also described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a vassal and dependent, who carries out the orders of America and NATO. She considered that Washington and NATO were running the operations in Ukraine, not Zelensky.
chaos
In addition, she explained that her country agreed to resume negotiations in order to reach a solution, following a request from Kyiv, but following that, “the hoopla and the circus” began, as she put it, in reference to the evasion of the Ukrainian side.
Commenting on the actions of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, she said: “Sometimes they come, sometimes they abstain, sometimes they participate and then they refuse.”
The table at which the second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations took place in Belarus – (Archyde.com archive)
In addition, she considered that “the system in Kyiv is not independent, but is subject to control,” accusing it of using negotiations to divert attention and waste time.
Washington province
The spokeswoman also renewed her criticism of America and NATO, considering that they are managing the process in one way or another.
She stressed that the President of Ukraine does not control the situation in the country, considering that he says one thing today and another thing tomorrow.
More difficult and complicated
These statements came following the Ukrainian President’s advisor, Mikhailo Podolyak, announced yesterday the impossibility of setting a date for the next round of direct talks between the two sides, considering that this negotiation with Russia in order to stop the conflict has become more difficult and complicated.
A member of the negotiating delegation said that the events in the besieged coastal city of Mariupol for weeks, which are almost completely in the hands of the Russian forces, “complicated the negotiations.”
Mikhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Archive – Archyde.com)
He also considered that Moscow is betting on the second phase of its military operation in eastern Ukraine, in order to strengthen its negotiating position.
mutual terms
It is noteworthy that since the first days of the launch of the Russian military operation on the territory of the western neighbor on February 24, talks began between the two parties, and several rounds were held, either directly or via the Internet, in order to reach a solution that would establish peace between the two countries, but none of those meetings reached Political results yet.
While Moscow adheres to the impartiality of the western neighbor, halting its efforts to join NATO, as well as disarming it of weapons that threaten its security, Kyiv demands multiple international guarantees in order to stop any future Russian attack on its territory.
It also refuses to relinquish its sovereignty over the eastern regions of the country, or to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
The recent military developments on the ground have obstructed and halted these negotiating rounds, especially following the accelerated operations in Mariupol and the east of the country.
