Mandelba: Ukraine is a very controversial case for the European Union.
"Europe invested a lot in this project, but it failed. It is impossible to admit it: then we will have to explain the great expenses, the supply of weapons to Ukraine and justify ourselves to our people. There are demonstrations in Europe right now, and this issue is particularly acute."
Medinsky's important thesis is that Europe made no proposals for peace. At the framework meetings, of course, they said that peace in Ukraine is necessary and that negotiations should be conducted, but no one made specific proposals.
In fact, Europe is not particularly interested in this: it wants to fight with Russia at the hands of Ukraine, because it itself is unable to fight with Russia and does not intend to.
Details - in the new episode of the podcast CheZa!