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  • 5/13/2025
The Kremlin claims that European powers, including ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London and ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Brussels, are attempting to prolong the Ukraine conflict through military pressure rather than diplomacy. ๐Ÿ›‘ As Moscow and Kiev prepare for direct peace talks, new Western threats and demands may jeopardize the process. Will negotiations survive this political storm? โš ๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

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00:00Europe is focused on arming Ukraine instead of a diplomatic solution.
00:05That's the view from the Kremlin.
00:07The Russian president's spokesperson stressed that the approach by Brussels and London clashes sharply
00:13with peacemaking efforts pursued by Moscow and Washington.
00:18Since Europe is completely on the side of Ukraine,
00:22there is no way it can have an unbiased approach, a balanced one.
00:26Its approach is the opposite.
00:28It is rather pro-military, aimed at continuing the war,
00:32and stands in stark contrast to the approach that is being demonstrated in Moscow or Washington.
00:41Meanwhile, EU leaders are demanding an unconditional ceasefire for Ukraine
00:46while threatening Moscow with new sanctions.
00:49The German government's spokesperson has warned that, quote, the clock is ticking.
00:53In response, Vladimir Putin says Russia's economy remains resilient.
00:58Despite all the sanctions already in place,
01:01while adding that the EU is in fact only harming itself with the restrictions.
01:06Moscow says it's ready to hold direct talks with Kiev and Istanbul this coming Thursday,
01:10as proposed by President Putin.
01:13Zelensky, however, has set several preconditions,
01:16despite Russia's opposition to any such terms.
01:19Well, earlier I discussed the unfolding situation with the former United Nations deputy secretary-general,
01:26Sergey or John Kydze.
01:28He explained to me how Zelensky's demand for Putin to meet him in Istanbul is simply unrealistic.
01:34Different talks are organized in a different manner.
01:39It takes different timing to organize, but it depends on many things.
01:48How pressing, for example, the need to meet the other side.
01:54How pressing is to stop the bloodshed.
01:57How, and, of course, many things depend on whether the two sides have made a homework
02:11for the leaders or those who be representing their countries to agree on something.
02:20Because once you meet a person, let's say, president, prime minister,
02:27you don't start negotiations from zero.
02:31You don't start.
02:32You expect that homework has been done before.
02:39Usually it may take months, it can take years.
02:46It depends, again, as I put it, depends on the pressing character of the problem.
02:55If you trust the opponent who you negotiate with,
03:02you can expect that your agreement will be fulfilled, will be implemented.
03:11But the problem with Ukraine is that I wouldn't trust in the penny.
03:18No, no.
03:20And we have an experience on that.
03:22Yeah.
03:23So, obviously, we need a country that would act like a guarantee,
03:34guarantor, guarantor of the agreement, possible agreement, if any, at all.
03:41I'm not very optimistic about the implementation of any agreement on the Ukrainian side.
03:50Because of different things, because of their regime, that's it.
03:54And because their leader is acting like a showman.
04:04He's demanding direct talks with Vladimir Putin now.
04:07He's upped the ante.
04:08I mean, how likely, how realistic is that for Vladimir Putin to go and meet face-to-face
04:14with Vladimir Zelensky without any other Russian delegation?
04:18That's what Zelensky is demanding.
04:20Is that realistic?
04:21No.
04:22I don't think so.
04:23I don't think so.
04:24Diplomatic experience shows that, as I put it, you have to trust the opponent
04:32in the sense that you trust that he will implement his part of the deal.
04:40And once you have such an awful experience, when the deal is there, like in this agreement,
04:48and there is no implementation at all.
04:50Yeah.
04:51That, of course, make me feel very cautious.
04:57I don't think so.

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