Developments in Ukraine Western opposition to Putin’s peace proposal

Reuters news agency, in the joint statement of the Swiss summit, to which Russia was not invited, reminded that all parties to the military conflict in Ukraine should participate in the peace talks.

In the draft of the joint statement that was accessed by Reuters, it is said: “Participants in the Ukraine conference, which is being held in Switzerland, agree that the achievement of peace requires participation and dialogue between all parties involved. Therefore, we decide to take concrete steps in this direction with the participation of all representatives in the future.” . They also emphasize the need to organize a complete exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine. About 100 delegations from the countries of the world are being held. The event will discuss some points of the “peace formula” proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: safety of nuclear power plants, food security, release of all prisoners of war and the return of Ukrainian children from Russia.

Before this, Swiss President Viola Amherd said that the purpose of the Ukraine conference is to prepare a platform for direct negotiations between the two sides and the conditions for Russia to join the peace process. According to him, the Swiss meeting does not negotiate peace in Ukraine, but only the beginning of a dialogue process in this direction.

Vladimir Putin announced on Friday on the eve of the Swiss He said that Russia has always tried for peace and is ready to sit at the negotiating table even tomorrow. He also invited Kiev to resolve the conflict peacefully and set his desired conditions for this. According to the Russian president, this will be possible when Ukraine withdraws its forces from the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia and officially renounces its intention to join NATO.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assessed Putin’s peace proposals as an ultimatum, and Western countries also rejected these conditions.

Next, you can follow the developments related to the eight hundred and forty-fourth day of the Ukrainian war:

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Sullivan: Washington wants to know China’s opinion on Putin’s initiative

Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to the President Last night, Saturday, at the end of the first day of the peace conference in Switzerland, the US President announced that the United States would like to know the opinion of China and other countries on the so-called peace proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the settlement of the Ukraine conflict. .

He said: “To be honest, I think countries like China should be asked if they think what Putin has proposed can be an acceptable basis for peace?” Because if their answer is positive, it will mean that they are turning their backs on the UN Charter.” According to Sullivan, China’s absence from the Swiss conference shows a The Beijing authorities are concerned about the conflict in Ukraine.

White House: Ukraine will negotiate if the situation on the battle front improves

Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, also told reporters on the sidelines of the Swiss conference that they also believe that the conflict in Ukraine should end with negotiations, including with the Russian side. Of course, according to him, Kiev will be ready for talks only if the situation on the battle front improves. The battlefield should be in the best position to have a better position at the negotiating table.  At the same time, he admitted that until today, such a process has not occurred in the front line of the war. 

Biden’s security adviser noted that the conference in Switzerland could be an “important step” in a process that “could eventually lead to peace talks.”

Sullivan: US security guarantees to Ukraine are not definitive

National Security Adviser of the US President He admitted that he could not say that US guarantees to Ukraine would be fulfilled definitively, and that there was no guarantee that the security agreement with Ukraine would not be canceled in the event of a change of government.

Jake At the same time, Sullivan explained, “based on the available evidence,” the U.S. generally tends to stick to its commitments when entering into agreements for long periods of time “regardless of changes in government.” Of course, I am not trying to mislead anyone and say that what is written is carved in stone and will never be canceled.”

There have been facts that the agreements of one government have been changed by another government. According to him, this issue is clear both for the United States and for other countries.

Kamala Harris: Moscow’s peace proposal is the surrender of Kiev >

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris last night at the end of the first day of the Swiss conference, expressed the opinion that Russia’s new proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, in principle The demand is for Kiev’s unconditional surrender.

Ms Harris said: “[Russian President] Putin is not asking for negotiations, he is actually asking for the surrender of Kiev.” The vice president added that the United States will continue to support Kiev. Harris also expressed confidence that no decision to end the conflict could be made without Ukraine.

Harris left the Swiss meeting early

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris left the meeting about Ukraine in Switzerland before its official end and returned to Washington.

Bloomberg reporter reported this news on Sunday morning by publishing a photo of the vice president boarding the plane and reminded that Harris “just a few hours” in Switzerland. Was. Asked before the flight by a New York Times reporter about how the summit went, Harris said: “It was good, very good.”

Instead, adviser Jake Sullivan The American President’s national security remains in Switzerland and will participate in the second day of the summit as well. To Ukraine

Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena stressed that in order to achieve any meaningful result in international negotiations to achieve peace in the Ukrainian conflict, Russia must be allowed to talk to other countries, otherwise any effort will be futile. 

Mexico’s foreign minister expressed this issue on Saturday in his meeting with Swiss President Viola Amherd about the importance of Russia’s participation in peace talks with the support of the UN Charter. Barcena has traveled to Switzerland to participate in the Ukrainian conference. 

Saudi Foreign Minister: Russian participation is necessary to achieve peace in Ukraine

“We believe it is very important that the international community encourages any move towards serious negotiations that require difficult compromises as part of a road map to peace,” he said. “

The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, while emphasizing that the negotiation process requires the participation of Russia as a party to this conflict, expressed hope that the results of this meeting will reflect These are the goals.

It was previously reported that Saudi Arabia may not participate in the Swiss summit due to not inviting Russia.

The refusal of the President of Colombia to participate in the Swiss conference on Ukraine

Gustavo Petro, the President of Colombia He refused to participate in the Ukraine conference in Switzerland, because it was not possible to discuss real ways to resolve the conflict between Moscow and Kiev there.

He himself He announced last night on X social network (former Twitter). His message states: “I am canceling my trip to the Swiss summit and asking European countries to discuss how to end this military conflict instead of focusing on prolonging it.”

Petro also believes that all the decisions of the conference are “fixed” in advance and that Western countries have forgotten about the “open discussion” of peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister called Putin’s peace proposal “a glimmer of hope”

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed his opinion that the conditions proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to start peace talks with Ukraine, regardless of their content, are an important step towards resolving the conflict.

Zelensky’s office: We are looking for a way We are to transfer the result of the Swiss summit to Russia

Andriy Ermak, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, announced that the Kiev authorities will try to make it possible to convey to Russia the results of the developments of the “Peace Plan” which will be achieved jointly with the representatives of the Western countries after the summit in Switzerland. 

He said on the sidelines of the Swiss summit: We think that this issue can happen on the second day of the summit. We are looking for an opportunity to present the agreed plan to the Russian authorities.

Ermak also emphasized the terms proposed by the Russian President for peace, that the Kyiv authorities They will not make any compromises on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Schultz seeks to find the right time to contact Putin

German Chancellor Olaf Schultz announced last night, Saturday, in an interview with ARD TV channel, that he does not rule out the resumption of contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He said: I have always said and say that I am willing to do it again. Of course, there must be an appropriate time to make contact with Moscow.

According to Schultz, such a conversation only makes sense when there is something to talk about, which is now. This is not the case.

In his analysis of the situation in Ukraine, he emphasized: a peace is necessary that takes into account the “unity and sovereignty” of Ukraine.

In this interview, the German Prime Minister also commented on Putin’s proposal to resolve the Ukraine conflict and recalled that the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries did not discuss it because they did not see it as “serious”.

Olaf Schultz said: This proposal was not presented seriously, but was only an action related to holding a peace conference in Switzerland.

At the same time, he emphasized that Russia should also be present in future conferences about Ukraine. And the conference in Switzerland should create the necessary ground for this purpose.

Canada’s Prime Minister wrongly considered Ukraine “instead of Russia” to be responsible for the war >

Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, in his speech at the final press conference of the Group of 7 summit in Italy, made a mistake and said that Western countries are responsible for the consequences of Ukraine. They know war. Of course, he meant Russia. 

We will continue to work to ensure that Ukraine is held accountable, he said. Sorry, Russia must be held accountable.”

In the same news conference, the Prime Minister of Canada was asked about the possible sending of military trainers to Ukraine. Trudeau left the question unexplained, reiterating that there was much discussion during the summit about how allies could hold Russia accountable for its actions.

He also announced that Ottawa is ready to help Ukraine with more than 3.6 billion dollars to pay the loan considered by the G7 group.

Sarkozy opposed the admission of Ukraine to the European Union

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, believes that the admission of Ukraine to the European Union is contrary to common sense. 

He said in an interview about this: “I have already warned against the strategy of rapid and endless expansion of the European Union by accepting Ukraine.” Extending to Ukraine is an illogical move.”

Yesterday, the permanent representatives of the EU countries agreed on the framework of negotiations for the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the Union. The first round of these negotiations will be held at the end of June.

The European Union accepted Hungary’s conditions for Ukraine to join the alliance

Peter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary announced yesterday that the European Union has met all the conditions proposed by Budapest to start negotiations with Ukraine in order to start the process of joining the Union. 

He said: After a heated discussion, an agreement was reached in Brussels today, and all conditions of Hungary are included in the document of negotiations with Ukraine.

Scijarto explained that Hungary’s position “has always been that respect for the rights of national minorities, including Hungarians living in Ukraine, should be a precondition for any progress in this regard.” This is exactly what was finally agreed upon in the European Union.

Kremlin called the West’s reaction to Putin’s initiative on Ukraine unconstructive

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced in a television interview on Saturday that the West actively responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposals to resolve the Ukraine crisis. Of course, official statements about it were not productive. 

He said: There are a lot of comments about this, of course, most of them were unconstructive. 

The press secretary of the president also reminded that Moscow does not intend to convey any message to the participants of the Swiss summit. Peskov also revealed that he personally did not know the content of Vladimir Putin’s speech during the meeting with the officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry and that the president’s peace proposal for He was interesting.

Romania’s intention to pay for the training of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16

According to domestic media reports, the Romanian Ministry of Defense plans to finance the training of Ukrainian pilots to fly American F-16 fighter jets from its financial resources.

It is said that this cost will include accommodation, food, transportation, fuel consumed during the training process, provision of special equipment and other related goods and services.

The estimate of the necessary cost for training has not been determined, but it is mentioned that in order to fully cover them, in addition to the items already approved in the budget of the Ministry of Defense, additional funds are needed.

Military doctors are concerned about the state of mental health of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line

Sky News television network on Saturday in a report program said that Ukrainian soldiers have talked about the psychological consequences of being on the front lines of conflicts and that military doctors are seriously concerned about their mental health.

One ​​of the soldiers of the Ukrainian army In a psychiatric center in the east of the country, he explained to the reporter of this English TV channel how after a two-week rotation on the front line, he developed psychosis and had to be hospitalized.

A military psychologist also called the main goal of this center’s activity to rehabilitate military personnel so that they remain physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy “and do not suffer from negative and dangerous thoughts”. He warned about the danger of ignoring the psychological trauma inflicted on soldiers, who in addition to harming themselves, may also harm others.

Sky News reminded that Due to the lack of military personnel in Ukraine, only those who show serious signs of mental damage are sent to such centers for treatment, and people with less complications are still forced to be on the front line and continue the war.