Russia Criticizes Europe's Contradictory Ukraine Stance
Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov stated that EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's position that a ceasefire is necessary for Ukraine negotiations is a dead end.
Consensus
- Dmitry Peskov criticized European countries for contradictory statements about peace in Ukraine.
- European countries are preparing to deploy a military contingent on Ukraine.
- Three-way talks took place in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11 involving Russia, the U.S., and Ukraine.
- A deal was reached on a large-scale prisoner exchange during the Abu Dhabi talks.
- The talks in Abu Dhabi were described as substantive and useful by Russian officials.
- U.S. envoys Stephen Ulwick and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on November 12.
- The meeting between Putin and the U.S. envoys lasted over two hours.
- The U.S. envoys stated that European representatives would join the next round of negotiations.
- French President Emmanuel Macron expressed willingness to act as a negotiator for Europe.
Points of divergence
- Putin used an anecdote about 'money from a drawer' to explain the EU's contradictory position on Ukraine. — vesti
- Peskov noted that Europeans have not yet determined who will represent them in dialogue with Russia on Ukraine. — vm
Coverage (10 sources)
- Russian Foreign Ministry considers ceasefire ideas on Ukraine for negotiations to be dead ends — Интерфакс
- In the Kremlin, they stated about the close connection of settlement in Ukraine and new architecture of European security — Интерфакс
- Lavrov calls reflections of von der Leyen and Kallas on Ukraine dead ends — Вести
- Peskov: Settlement in Ukraine is linked to security in Europe — Вести
- Peskov: talking to Europeans is useless if they do not want peace — Вести
- Peskov: need to understand how much the EU position can contribute to peace — Ведомости
- Peskov points out contradictions in Europe's statements about peace in Ukraine — Вести
- Peskov stated that European actions should not be contradictory — Вечерняя Москва
- Peskov: Actions of Europe resemble a closed circle, about which Putin spoke — Вести
- Peskov: Europeans are steering the matter toward continuation of the war — Вести
Key entities
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Dmitry Peskov
- Moscow
- Europe
- Ursula von der Leyen
- IT 'News'
- Sergey Lavrov
- INTERFAX.RU
- IT 'News'
- European Commission
- Abu Dhabi
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