In recent days, information has been circulating that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is interested in a ceasefire in Ukraine and peace talks. Critics now warn that these messages should not be taken at face value. They can be a trap.
In March 2023, the Russian president revealed to Chinese head of state Xi Jinping that Moscow wanted to wage war in Ukraine for at least five years, the Japanese edition ‘Nikkei’ reported on Thursday. Putin is said to have tried to convince China that a war of attrition would benefit the Kremlin and that Moscow would ultimately emerge victorious – even though the situation looked quite bleak at the time.
On December 23, the American newspaper New York Times, citing its sources, wrote that the feared warlord Putin has been using intermediaries since September to tell Kiev and its Western partners to end the bloodshed in Ukraine and end the conflict, while want to freeze the current borders. The condition is that Moscow retains the occupied territories.
Is it all just appearances?
‘Nikkei’ suspects that Putin wants to create the illusion shortly before the presidential elections in Russia that he is on the way to peace. With the idea that this atmosphere would play into his hands in terms of singing.
The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maria Sandu, also seems not to believe Putin’s appeasement course. The Kremlin ruler would never end his war against Ukraine of his own free will, she warned.
“Putin will not stop”
“You have to understand that Putin will not stop if he is not stopped,” the pro-European president said in an interview with media group Veridica. “And if it is not stopped, the costs will be much higher for all of us. It is Ukraine that makes the greatest sacrifice,” Sandu calls on everyone.
It is in the interest of everyone, “not just Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova,” that Ukraine continues to receive aid. Sandu has long denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and described the Kremlin as the biggest threat to her country, which lies between Ukraine and EU member Romania. Russia therefore accuses her of torpedoing “good relations”.
Source: Krone
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