Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte have expressed scepticism about Russia's present willingness to carry actual talks and warned the West in opposition to misreading Moscow's intentions.

Supply: Zelenskyy and Rutte talking on a joint panel on the Munich Safety Convention on 14 February, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Rutte mentioned Russia's determination to alter its lead negotiator within the trilateral talks exhibits Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be in search of a real peace settlement.

"Is he [Putin] critical about all of this? And he’s once more sending this 'historian' to the talks in Geneva so he may once more lecture the Ukrainians about how the [Kyivan] Rus [developed] from Sweden or no matter," Rutte mentioned, referring to the appointment of Vladimir Medinsky to steer Russia's delegation for the subsequent spherical of talks.

Zelenskyy mentioned he’s satisfied Russia needs to safe Ukraine's partition however that this might not cease Moscow's need to proceed the conflict.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "It appears Putin hopes to repeat Munich – and never Munich 2007, after they solely spoke about dividing Europe, however Munich 1938, when earlier Putin started dividing Europe in actuality. It will be an phantasm to consider that this conflict can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine, simply because it was an phantasm to consider that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from an ideal conflict."

Extra particulars: Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine stays able to proceed negotiations and hopes Western strain can pressure Russia in the direction of peace.

Quote: "Now we have invested on this course of, and we're in fixed contact with Steve Witkoff, with Jared Kushner and with everybody President Trump appoints. And Ukraine needs the results of all these efforts to be actual safety and actual peace. Not what got here out of Geneva in 2021, not what the Russians hope for from this so-called 'spirit of Anchorage'."

Background:

• Zelenskyy has earlier mentioned Ukraine is conscious of the so-called Anchorage method.
• Contemporary talks on Ukraine are deliberate to be held in Geneva and Russia plans to ship Putin's aide Vladimir Medinsky to steer the Russian delegation. Rustem Umierov, the pinnacle of the Ukrainian delegation within the trilateral talks, earlier disclosed the composition of Ukraine's workforce.
• In Munich, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has additionally spoken about whether or not he sees any sense in Europe to enter into talks with Moscow.

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