Zelenskyj adviser skeptical about Russia negotiations - EU Commission wants Ukraine as a candidate for accession
Created: 06/17/2022, 13:08
By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi
One of Zelenskyy's advisors is skeptical about Russian proposals for negotiations.
Meanwhile, the EU Commission is in favor of Ukraine's EU accession status.
The news ticker.
Podolyak
skeptical about
negotiations
: The Ukrainian presidential adviser does not trust Russia's proposals for negotiations.
Zelenskyi adviser holds out the prospect of a
return to negotiations
: According to Podolyak
, Ukraine only wants to negotiate from a strong position.
This
news ticker on the negotiations in the Ukraine war and on war diplomacy
is continuously updated.
Update from June 17, 12:50 p.m.:
The EU Commission is in favor of officially appointing Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for accession to the European Union.
The dpa news agency learned this from commission circles.
The heads of state and government already want to discuss the issue at a summit meeting at the end of next week.
After the decision became known, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and members of the Commission and spoke of a "historic decision".
"This is the first step towards EU membership, which will certainly bring us closer to victory," Zelenskyy said on Twitter.
Ukraine-News: No diplomacy in sight - skepticism on the Ukrainian side
First report from June 17:
Kiev/Munich - In the Ukraine conflict, heavy clashes between the troops of the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian troops in the east of the country continue.
This map shows where the Ukraine war is raging.
Given the escalating situation, a diplomatic solution to the conflict seems a long way off.
There have already been some meetings between the two warring parties.
However, so far no significant results have been achieved that would put an end to the Ukraine war.
In any case, at the moment, acts of war are much more in the spotlight than diplomacy.
The Ukrainian side was now skeptical about the Russian proposals after negotiations.
Ukraine is skeptical about Russian proposals for negotiations.
(Archive image) © Uncredited/BelTA/AP/dpa (archive photo from early March)
Ukraine-News: Podolyak skeptical about negotiations - "Russia wants to deceive the world"
The advisor to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj and Ukraine's chief negotiator, Mykhailo Podolyak, sees Russia's "endless negotiation proposals" as an "attempt to deceive the world".
Moscow wants to give the impression of a willingness to engage in dialogue, only to then "stab Ukraine in the back," the Ukrainian diplomat wrote on the Messenger service Telegram.
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According to Podolyak, Russia aims to establish military bases in the “temporarily occupied areas” under a temporary ceasefire, to accumulate reserves and ultimately to develop the offensive potential of the Russian military for further attacks.
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Ukraine-News: Zelenskyj advisor promises return to negotiations - "only from a strong position"
Zelenskyy's adviser did not rule out Ukraine's return to negotiations.
"Ukraine will definitely return to the negotiation process," Podolyak wrote.
However, this will only happen "at the right time and with a strong negotiating position".
"Then the Kremlin will look at things soberly and stop getting drunk on its own propaganda," stressed the Ukrainian diplomat.
He also stressed that the Russian economy is returning to the 1990s and even tea bags are in short supply.
In this regard, he also pointed out that Europe is abandoning Russian gas and diversifying in gas suppliers, which will affect half of Russia's gross domestic product.
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