Russia: There is no chance for a ceasefire in Ukraine in 2024

According to Fars News Agency International Group, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that there is no chance of a ceasefire in Ukraine next year.

According to Rashatodi’s report, Ryabkov said that due to the position of Western countries, which is completely unacceptable to Moscow, there is no possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine next year.

This senior Russian diplomat views He spoke about Russia’s relations with NATO and Ukraine during an interview with “Izostia” that was published on Wednesday, despite the claim of the Western media about the American effort to end the war.

Ryabkov said: “Unfortunately, the United States is leading a group that repeats Zelensky’s peace formula as a slogan and claims that it is the possible basis for peace.” Asked whether he expects a ceasefire in Ukraine next year, he answered in the negative and said: “I expect that the goals of the special military operation will be achieved unconditionally.”

The peace formula that Volodymyr Ukrainian President Zelensky has proposed to return Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders, collect war reparations from Moscow and try Russian officials in international courts. Moscow rejected this plan and said that it is disconnected from reality.

The German newspaper Bild reported last week that Berlin and Washington are making secret efforts to force Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate. They are with Russia.

This publication, quoting unnamed sources, writes that the way these two countries send weapons to Ukraine is in such a way that Kiev realizes that it will not be able to recover its lost lands. .

The report of the German media is consistent with the reports of several other Western media in the past days that Western supporters of Ukraine are leaning towards peace talks with Russia.

Despite this, Ukrainian government officials reject peace talks with Russia. Senior officials in Kiev, including Zelensky, have recently acknowledged that Kiev’s failed counteroffensive over the summer has reduced Western countries’ willingness to send aid to Kiev.

Several well-informed sources have told Bild that in German “government circles” there is talk of Ukraine putting itself in a good negotiating position and starting talks with Moscow.

A few weeks ago, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned that Washington’s aid to Kiev would likely decrease, saying that the members of this union must be politically prepared to compensate for this. have a reduction.

Borrell said on November 21 during a speech at the “Congress of the Party of European Socialists” in Malaga: “We have many problems. The first problem is Ukraine, while we no longer expect a quick victory of Ukraine over Russia.” Ukraine will decrease, so the European countries that have the necessary measures must have the political will to continue supporting Ukraine and compensate for the decrease in American aid.”

Bloomberg network a few days ago. He assessed that the European Union will not be able to fulfill its promise to supply one million cannonballs to Ukraine in a one-year period from March 2023 to March 2024.