Posted on 05/17/2024 8:24:34 AM PDT by marshmallow
Russia wants to understand whom it can trust before engaging with partners on the Ukrainian conflict, President Vladimir Putin said during a trip to China on Friday.
"We must understand with whom and how we can engage and whom and to what degree we can trust. We are of course analyzing everything that is going on," Putin told a press conference in Harbin.
The president pointed to China as a stakeholder that was sincerely trying to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
"We believe that China is sincere about its efforts to solve this problem. It has suggested different options and has been very flexible about it," Putin said.
Commenting on the Swiss initiative on Ukrainian peace, the Russian president stressed that Moscow would not accept ultimatums.
"It is clear what this event is all about: bringing together as many countries as possible to claim that they have everything agreed on and then giving Russia an ultimatum," Putin said, adding he would not have it.
Russia is keeping tabs on the preparations for the Swiss conference on Ukraine, which is due on June 15-16, the president said.
"We are of course analyzing everything happening in this regard. We are watching everything that has to do with the planned meeting in Switzerland," he confirmed. Putin suggested that Ukraine and its donors were trying to force Kiev’s vision of a peace deal on Russia but warned that such attempts were doomed to fail.
"First they tried to deal a strategic defeat but failed. Any attempt to force [Russia’s] hand will have the same result," the president warned.
Russia will accept an invitation to peace negotiations as agreed in Istanbul in 2022, Putin said.
"We have a framework for negotiating process, which is what we agreed on in Istanbul......
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Again, cut and paste what you consider to be "propaganda".
I have learned in the Ukrainian war to take anything said by the Russians or the US/NATO with a grain of salt, both have been caught lying on numerous occasions. There is very little legitimate news coverage of this war which is very strange and leads only to more questions.
I detest Ivan, but I detest the behavior of the warmongers in the US government just as much. They are clueless on how to fight and win a war, they just know they want a war somewhere, some how regardless of the cost to the country. The west and Ivan both bear responsibility for this war. We need to stay out of it as I can see no strategic advantage in the Ukraine for the USA. We are trying to fight the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time. Our enemy is China and Iran and we are ignoring and emboldening them with our never ending screw ups in the Ukraine and around the world.
Actually UKR has lower inflation than Russia. Plus a stronger economy. Look it up.
Ukraine would have no economy or government without billions from western nations. Look it up
That may be. but to pay for the war, your beloved Russia will be selling the Far East to China soon.
“They had valid, freely-signed peace treaties with Georgia and Ukraine, promising to respect their orders ... yet Russia invaded both anyways”
They chose NOT to behave. Hopefully they learned their lessons.
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