Old Mantras for New Partners: Russia Reminds the United States of Ukrainian Nationalists
7 April 16:50
The Kremlin has responded to the words of US President Donald Trump, who expressed dissatisfaction with Russia’s strikes on Ukraine. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi, citing Russian media.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump reacted in his own style to the latest missile attacks on Ukraine.
“We are talking to Russia, we would like to stop it. I don’t like the bombing. They go on and on, thousands of young people are killed every week. It’s a terrible thing that shouldn’t have happened, and it wouldn’t have happened if I were president. One hundred percent,”
– Trump said, answering a journalist’s question.
This time, the Kremlin decided to publicly respond to the American leader, and this response also contained nothing new, but reproduced the same rhetoric that Russia has been broadcasting for the past ten years.
“President Putin does support the idea of a ceasefire, but there are a number of questions to be answered before that. These questions are in the air, and no one has answered them yet,”
– kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
He noted that there are questions that need answers related to
“both with the lack of control of the Kyiv regime and with the inability of the Kyiv regime to control the actions of a number of extremist nationalist units that simply do not obey Kyiv.”
The other part of this Kremlin mantra, as before, concerns the “militarization” of Ukraine.
“This is connected with plans for further militarization of Kyiv and so on. So all these nuances are still on the agenda. And, being in solidarity with the idea of the need for an early ceasefire, we must ensure our interests and clarify those aspects,”
– peskov said.
Thus, the Kremlin voiced exactly the same theses with which Russia fully invaded Ukraine in early 2022.
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Chronicle of US-Russian negotiations
on February 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Assistant Prime Minister Yuri Ushakov met in Saudi Arabia with an American delegation represented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Volz, and Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
After the talks, the US State Department reported that the delegations agreed to “eliminate irritants” in bilateral relations and continue to work on preparing talks on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The parties also agreed to appoint high-level groups for further negotiations on Ukraine.
The media reported that the US and Russia discussed a three-stage peace plan for Ukraine, which consists of the following stages:
- A ceasefire.
- Holding elections in Ukraine.
- Conclusion of a peace agreement.
on February 27, negotiations between the Americans and Russians continued in Istanbul. According to the Russian side, they discussed the normalization of diplomatic relations. The Kremlin also allegedly demanded the return of 6 properties that had been seized from Russians in the United States in 2016-2018, and also proposed to resume air travel.
on March 13, Putin met in Moscow with Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. The parties have not yet made any statements about the results of this meeting, except for the words of Trump’s national security adviser Mike Volz that there are grounds for cautious optimism.
on March 25, the United States agreed with Ukraine and Russia to ban attacks in the Black Sea.
