War

A thousand ninety -fourth day. China welcomes the "recent consensus" of Russia and the USA. Washington explains the reasons for Trump's attacks on Zelensky

Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air. In our daily materials, we publish your letters, because we are sure: we must continue to talk about the war. Russia and the United States held negotiations - without the participation of Ukraine and Europe. What do you feel about it? Is it correct from Washington to discuss the end of the war in the absence of representatives of Kyiv? Or any dialogue that can potentially contribute to the ceasefire - is it already good in itself? Look for a feedback form at the end of this article. A review of the previous day can be read here .

World

China first commented on negotiations between Russia and the USA

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Van said that in Beijing they support the "recent consensus" between Russia and the USA, achieved in Riyadh. This was the first commentary of the senior representative of China about past Russian-American negotiations.

“China supports every effort aimed at achieving peace, including a recent consensus, achieved between the United States and Russia, and expects that the parties will find a stable and long -term solution that will remove their mutual anxiety. China is ready and further play a constructive role in the political settlement of the crisis in accordance with the requests of the parties and taking into account the concern of the international community, especially the global south, ”the statement of Van I. said in a statement by Van I.

The minister emphasized that Beijing “actively promotes the world” in accordance with the four principles, which in April 2024 were formulated by the chairman of the PRC Xi Jinping. They relate to the need to “maintain peace and stability”, de -escalation and reduce the negative impact of war on the world economy and the rupture of supply chains.

Van and on the eve of the G20 summit in Johannesburg met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine was discussed at the meeting, but they did not give any details.

On February 21, a spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin would soon talk on the phone with Xi Jinping.

Due to Western sanctions, China, who did not join them, managed to significantly strengthen trade ties with Moscow, which lost access to Western markets and technologies. Some analysts believe that the Donald Trump administration headed for improving relations with Russia in order to weaken its ties with China - within the framework of its global strategy for containing the PRC.

Ukraine

Trump attacks Zelensky to force him to sign an agreement on the bowels

Public harsh statements by US President Donald Trump against President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky are not related to the turn of Washington towards Russia, but are a way of pressure on Kyiv to conclude an agreement on deposits. Politico writes about this with reference to sources in the White House.

The interlocutors of the publication called not to pay significant attention to the "verbal war", which, according to them, is only "another example of the bold tactics of negotiations."

In their opinion, the relations of Zelensky and Trump will be applied if the agreement is signed.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in turn, also made it clear that Trump's main claim to Zelensky is a refusal to offer deposits.

According to Rubio, Washington believes that such a deal itself will be a guarantee of future security for Ukraine, since the United States, having gained access to its bowels, will have a “personal interest” in this.

Rubio noted that in Washington were disappointed that Zelensky first agreed with the deal, but then publicly rejected it: “I read two days later that Zelensky said there:“ I rejected the deal, I told them that in no case We will not do this. " Well, this is not what happened at that meeting. So, someone begins to upset you-we are trying to help these guys. ”

According to Axios, the United States has already sent a new draft agreement on subsidiaries to Ukraine, which took into account the “some fears” of Zelensky. The source of the publication said that several advisers to the President of Ukraine convinced him to sign an updated agreement in order to avoid further disagreements with Trump.

War through the eyes of readers "Medusa"

Sophia (Germany, earlier - Ukraine). Any dialogue is already good, but I do not hope that it will lead to something if the opinion of any of the parties is not taken into account. Russia, USA, Europe, Ukraine - all of them must participate in negotiations.

But negotiations should be realistic. Nobody will return the land to Ukraine, a fact, but they must give guarantees of security in the future. Yes, Ukraine should also give something in exchange for help-but do not leave itself empty-handed.

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