KYIV. UkraineGate .23 . December .2022 | War NEWS .
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin actually needs not negotiations, but the opportunity to freeze the war in order to regroup and resume the offensive to seize new territories of Ukraine. This opinion of the Financial Times was expressed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg .
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“Russia hopes to freeze the war in order to have time to regroup, re-equip forces and try to resume the offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that Russia begin withdrawing troops before Christmas as the first step towards ending the conflict, but Moscow sharply rejected the proposal. It is Putin who started the war, and he can end it at least today, having withdrawn from Ukraine. Now there are no signs that he really wants peace,” the NATO Secretary General said.
He added that it is necessary to maintain Ukraine so that it can hold on as a sovereign, independent European state. After all, most wars end at the negotiating table, but this is “inextricably linked with what is happening on the battlefield.”
“If Putin prevails in Ukraine, it will be a signal to Russia and other authoritarian regimes that they can get what they want by force. This will be a disaster for Ukraine. It will also make the whole world more dangerous and all of us more vulnerable. It is in our own security interests to maintain support for Ukraine this winter and as long as necessary,” Stoltenberg said.
Supplement
On the part of Russia, at this point in the war with Ukraine, it is not noticed that Moscow takes real negotiations seriously, said CIA Chairman William Burns.
Source: Ukrgate
