Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – The chief diplomat of Germany described US President Donald on Tuesday Trump’s efforts to ensure a truce in the three -year war Between Russia and Ukraine, as an impasse, while the Chinese Foreign Minister said that he was encouraging that talks between Washington and Moscow to find a settlement.
German Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock, arriving in kyiv for an unexpected visit, said that “because of the dead end” between the United States and Russia on the forging of a cease-fire contract, the continuous support of European allies in Ukraine in the war is “absolutely crucial”.
Trump scolded Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, expressing the frustration of continuous fighting in a war he had promised to stop quickly.
Trump insisted that progress was made in negotiations, but said that he would plan to impose other sanctions to exert pressure on Moscow and accused Zelenskyy of trying to retreat from an agreement with the United States on Access to Ukraine mineral resources.
Ukraine has led a first series of consultations with the United States on what it said is the latest version of the mineral agreement, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday.
Putin actually refused a US proposal For an immediate and complete 30 -day stop in the fighting, despite the production of Trump. In addition, a partial ceasefire in the Black Sea which could allow safer shipments has dropped conditions imposed by Kremlin negotiators.
Russia has an agreement on the Black Sea in order to “stall efforts to a general ceasefire and extract additional western concessions”, according to an assessment on Monday evening by the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based reflection group.
Zelenskyy was frank in his analysis of developments in an address Sunday evening.
“Moscow obviously laughs at the efforts of our partners to advance a peace program,” he said.
Putin previously excluded a temporary rupture of hostilities, claiming that this would only benefit Ukraine and its Western allies by letting them reconstruct their arsenals. He insisted Moscow wants a complete agreement This would ensure sustainable regulations.
Trump reported that he could consider new oil sanctions against Russia. But Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that a breakthrough in the negotiations is not imminent.
“The problems we discuss in relation to the Ukrainian regulations are quite complex and they require a lot of additional efforts,” Peskov said at a conference call with journalists.
Meanwhile, the deadly attacks of Russia and Ukraine continued, and they are preparing for spring campaigns in their attrition war along the front line of around 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).
Russia has not drawn from day after day, Russia has not taken any Shahed drones on Ukraine for the first time in more than five months, according to the authorities.
But Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the Ukraine Security Council counter-information branch, has not detected any change in the Russian strategy.
“For the moment, that does not mean anything,” he said on Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of having launched new drone attacks against energy facilities in the Belgorod region in Russia and the part controlled by Russia in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine.
Ukraine European donors say they will continue to support kyiv’s efforts to defeat Russia’s invasion. Putin receives military aid from North Korea and Iran.
China also gave Diplomatic support for Russia and provided economic aid by trade in energy and consumption goods.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a visit to Moscow, said on Tuesday that “some results were obtained” in Washington’s attempt to end the war while American-Russia has improved under Trump.
He declared in an interview with the Russian news agency Ria Novosti that Beijing supports the objective of “a fair and long -term peace agreement, acceptable to all the parties involved”.
Wang was to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday. He also had to meet Tuesday later with Putin, said Peskov.
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