Published 25/04/2025 16:35
Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, said the Russians are ready to reach an agreement that puts an end to the war. He said this in an interview with the American station CBS Newslast Thursday (24).
According to Lavrov, there are indications that a ceasefire is close, since direction to the agreement is correct. The minister cites Donald Trump as guarantor of this process for the end of the war, but some specific issues need to be dealt with.
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In the interview he reaffirmed that the attacks on Moscow only target military and military facilities, justifying Kiev bombing that left 12 dead this week.
The news made Trump react. On its own social network, the social truth, asked Putin [Vladimir]Russian President, stopping the attacks and said, “I am not satisfied with the Russian attacks on Kiev.”
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This Friday (25), US special envoy, Steve Witkoff, was again with Putin to deal with advances in negotiations.
In a press conference, Yuri Ushakov, Kremlin’s international advisor, indicated that the meeting was “constructive and very useful.” It was treated the possibility of returning direct negotiations between Ukrainians and Russians. The advisor mentioned that Kremlin and Casa Branca approached his convictions and that the meetings will continue.
Putin had already said that recognition of occupied areas will be a step towards peace. The US shows to accept Moscow’s claim for Crimea’s official annexation, which Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Nega. In addition, the Russians would commit to stop advances of war, leaving only the territories they already control, without claiming new areas.
The Russian government released video and photos of the meeting between Putin and Witkoff.
Also this Friday the magazine Time He published an interview with Trump, who stated that “Crimea will be with Russia.” The territory was attached by the Russians in 2014, before the current war.
Source: vermelho.org.br
