The chief of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov assured Thursday that Moscow was ready for an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
This announcement comes from a warning from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin following deadly strikes on kyiv.
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Ukraine: 4ᵉ year of war
A Russian missile and drone attack targeted the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, killing 12 people and injuring 90 others, according to a new assessment published on Thursday, April 24, in the night. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky then accused Russia of having used a missile “Made in North Korea” During these strikes. “According to first information, the Russians used a ballistic missile made in North Korea. Our special services check all the details”said Zelensky on Facebook.
French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed that priority must be given to a “Unconditional ceasefire” in Ukraine, believing that the status of Crimea, at the heart of a blockage in the search for an agreement with Moscow, was not “In any case not now”. The American president, Donald Trump, who said that this territory was already “lost” pour Kiev, “Describe a factual situation”said Macron. “However, should we give discharge (to Russia)? No”. The question of the status of the peninsula does not arise “In any case not now, and it’s not up to us to do so”he added.
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Negotiations
NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, said yesterday that he returned to Russia, not Ukraine, to advance the negotiations to end the conflict after US President Donald Trump castigated kyiv. “There is something on the table now, I think, and the Ukrainians are really playing the game. And I think the ball is clearly in the Russian camp now,” Mark Rutte told the White House, after a meeting with President Trump.
-“Vladimir stops!”
The American president yesterday urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to stop bombing Ukraine, after the fatal strikes carried out on the night of Thursday to Friday, especially on kyiv. “Vladimir, stop!” Annoyed Donald Trump in one of his lapidary formulas on his social social platform, adding that they are “not happy” from these “very bad timing” strikes.
Russia ready?
Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov assured yesterday that Moscow was ready for an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, after a warning from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin following murderous strikes on kyiv. The salvo launched by Russia on the night of Wednesday to Thursday – 70 missiles and 145 drones targeting a total of six regions and killing 12 people in kyiv according to the Ukrainian authorities – came at a time when the laborious negotiations undertaken by the American president tightened on the issue of Crimea.
Donald Trump “talks about an agreement and we are ready to conclude an agreement, but certain specific elements must still be refined,” said Lavrov in an interview broadcast last night by the American channel CBS. “There are several signs that show that we are going in the right direction”, praising Donald Trump as “probably the only leader on the planet who recognizes the need to attack the deep causes of the situation”.
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Donald Trump, for his part, said “Not happy” Thursday of Russian strikes on kyiv occurred overnight and urged Vladimir Putin to stop such operations in order to achieve a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. “Not necessary and very bad timing”said the American president on his social social platform before adding: “Vladimir, stop!”to his Russian counterpart.
