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Ukraine Openly Rejects Reported White House Pressure To Negotiate

• Zero Hedge

Ukraine's leadership has responded to a weekend Washington Post report which said the White House has been privately urging the Ukrainian government to show openness toward negotiations with Russia. The report called these efforts part of "a calculated attempt to ensure the government in Kyiv maintains the support of other nations facing constituencies wary of fueling a war for many years to come." It also cited "Ukraine fatigue" among the Western voting public.

In response, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed the long stated stance that negotiations remain impossible so long as Vladimir Putin is president.

"Ukraine has never refused to negotiate. Our negotiating position is known and open," the presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, wrote on Twitter. He stipulated that negotiations can only come after Russian forces withdraw from Ukrainian territory. He followed by posing: "Is Putin ready? Obviously not. Therefore, we are constructive in our assessment: we will talk with the next leader of RF [the Russian Federation]."


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