Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.
In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.”
The downbeat assessment of Tuesday night’s diplomacy follows combative opening statements from Putin as Witkoff and Kushnerarrived for talks at the Kremlin, in which he accused European powers of sabotaging peace in Ukraine and that “European demands” on ending the war were “not acceptable to Russia”.
It literally is that simple. The fact the Europe was giving so much money is what caused this problem in the first place. It is not like Russia just turned into a criminal authoritarian state yesterday.
I wish I could have such a small minded view of the world that supplying a bunch of criminals vast amounts of money because it is cheaper wouldn’t have long lasting repercussions.
Some places like Germany could literally cut all imports tomorrow without any significant pain.
They are still working on sanctions. Let that sink in. The latest round didn’t even start until 2022. Russia has been a clear problem since 2014. I am sure when these policies come into full effect in 2027 the problem will finally be solved /S