The United States has given Ukraine and Russia until June to reach an agreement to end the war that has lasted almost four years, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists. “The Americans are proposing that the parties end the war by early this summer and will likely pressure both sides according to this timetable.”, disse Zelensky.
Zelensky’s comments were under embargo until this Saturday, February 7, according to the Associated Press (AP) news agency. “[Os norte-americanos] They said they want to do everything by June. And they will do everything to end the war and they want a clear calendar of all events”, he stressed.
The Ukrainian President declared that the The United States has proposed holding the next round of trilateral negotiations next week, probably in Miamisaid Zelensky. “We confirm our participation”, he added.
This deadline for the end of the war comes after trilateral negotiations mediated by the US in Abu Dhabiin the United Arab Emirates, which have not produced progress, as the conflicting parties cling to mutually exclusive demands. Russia is pressuring Ukraine to withdraw from Donbass, where fighting remains intense — a condition Kiev says it will never accept.
Russia invaded the territory of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in the next phase of the war that began in 2014, namely with the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by the Russians and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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