Blinken: Ukraine believes that Russia is not serious about sharp
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the Ukrainian authorities consider Russia’s attitude to world peculiarities to be frivolous. Mr. Blinken noted that the United States continues to increase sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation and increase tension to increase the security of Ukraine.
The US Secretary of State discussed this topic at a press conference after the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. The official checked whether the incident in the Ukrainian Bucha, where dozens of bodies of people who died in the world were found, would make it difficult to conduct transactions. Anthony Blinken believes that the Russian side “needs to decide whether they want to meaningfully engage in diplomacy and negotiations.”
“Ukraine has repeatedly made it clear that it is ready for this (diplomatic settlement.— “b”), but she did not hear anything from Russia that would indicate her serious attitude. I don’t think that Bucha will have a dislike for this, it all depends on what President Putin expects, on what he decides,” the Secretary of State is convinced, who quotes press office State Department.
Mr. Blinken added that the US goal now is “to make sure that the Ukrainians have everything they need to defend and evaluate the assessments in any negotiations.” He drew attention to the fact that Washington intends to “maintain pressure on Russia and even increase it through unprecedented restrictions.” “We are also strengthening NATO defenses so that Russia does not have any cases of the spread of aggression committed against Ukraine to NATO territory,” he said.
The last time Russia and Ukraine spent on March 29, representatives of the two countries definitely met in Istanbul. Yesterday, April 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the draft agreements received from Kyiv after the talks were distributed with the proposals made at the meeting. According to the minister, Ukraine has pledged that security guarantees will not apply to Crimea, but this clause is missing in the new version of the agreement.
Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Istanbul turned out to be no better than Minsk.”