US officials to Zelensky: wrong to declare a halt to negotiations with Moscow

As Russian bombings continue on Ukrainian territory - a residential building in Zaporizhzhia was hit overnight and a civilian was killed - the Biden administration calls on Kiev's leaders to publicly declare their intention to continue negotiations with Moscow . The most negative thing that can happen, it is stressed, is to say that he does not want to participate in peace talks with President Vladimir Putin in power.

However, it is specified, reveals the Washington Post, that the request of US officials is not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table but at trying to ensure that the government in Kiev maintains the support of countries that do not want the war to continue. long.

The veto expressed by Volodymyr Zelensky on the leader of the Kremlin , and the position, has created concern in parts of Europe, Africa and Latin America, where the effects of war in terms of cost of living and food shortages are made feel more distinctly. "The difficulties caused by the Ukraine conflict are a very real issue for some of our partners," said one of the US officials.

(Unioneonline)

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