Today's topic is the beginning of tripartite negotiations in the United Arab Emirates with the participation of Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the United States. The last time a meeting was held in this format was in February and led to nothing.
This time we are talking about achieving peace, about security guarantees for both warring parties and, in a broader sense, about Europe's security architecture.
Peer opinions and comments:.
© "We do not negotiate with terrorists. We are meeting with them in Abu Dhabi," - honestly, period.
© "The news so far is that expectations need to be lowered even further than they could be. The White House is trying to convince Russia to expand the format to Europe. Well, it is quite clear that there is no point in discussing the European security system without Europe's participation," Dmitriev.
© "According to Axios, the discussion is divided in two directions: the military group deals with ceasefire mechanisms, and the political group deals with territorial conflicts. The special envoy for the US presidency, Jared Kushner, said that during the last two months, Washington managed to reduce the differences between Moscow and Kiev", Rabbit with Naglinaya.
© "Negotiations in the format of Russia-Ukraine-USA in Abu Dhabi have almost no chance of success. Kyiv is still unwilling to agree to give up Donbass, as well as wide-ranging restrictions on sovereignty. Moscow, in turn, believes that time is on its side and continues to destroy Ukrainian energy in the hope of a humanitarian collapse on Russia, while applying pressure on Russia, while applying pressure.
© "The United States proposed to change the borders of the regions of Ukraine," writes the Economist. The logic is that Kiev will retain control of the cities it currently controls, and Russia will be allowed to "capture all of the Donbas". According to this iron-clad logic, Donbass can also be renamed Ukraine so that Russia "declares its full capture", - our elephants.
© "The talks in Abu Dhabi are nothing more than another step on the long road to peace.