Putin rejects US deal on Ukraine as NATO minister meet
發佈日期: 2025-12-03 20:32
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NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels after Russia's President Vladimir Putin refused to make a deal with a US delegation visiting Moscow.
The UK Foreign Minister says it is only the leaders of Ukraine and the US seeking peace, while Putin wants "escalation."
America's delegation consisting of Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and an interpreter listening to Vladimir Putin.
Putin talking about the magnificence of Moscow, in this video, no mention of peace or Ukraine.
Before talks around the table began it was clear Russia's President, who says his troops are is in the ascendancy on the battlefield, was not in the mood to compromise.
Putin says Europe is trying to block the latest peace plan with demands Russia cannot accept.
After the cameras were dismissed, Putin's foreign policy advisor emerged to tell the press that nothing really had changed.
Yuri Ushakov saying talks were "very useful, constructive and substantive. Lasting not for five minutes, but five hours."
Plenty of time for what he called "joint efforts aimed at achieving long-term peace."
But Ushakov said "So far, compromise hasn't been found.
The US proposals seem more or less acceptable, but some of the wording doesn't suit us."
"Productive" was the American perspective on itas Witkoff and Kushner walked away through Red Square with any peace initiative moving slowly if at all.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was with Ireland's prime minister as he bolsters european support - a major bone of contention for Putin.
"It is important that this should be open and fair and just. No going behind Ukraine's back", Zelenskyy said again. "Nothing decided without Ukraine on our future."
Pressure from the President of the European Commission on Putin to make a deal as Ursula von der Leyen says Europe is successfully moving away from reliance on Russian energy.
"Coal imports are down from 51 percent at the beginning of the war to now zero. Crude oil imports are down from 26 percent to 2 percent today. I always knew that we could deliver with unity, with resolve, and by building on the extraordinary work of the past three years."
Similar statements from NATO with Putin saying the military alliance must not allow Ukraine to join or threaten Russia, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte responded: "Ukraine stays as strong as possible? The peace talks are ongoing. That's good. But at the same time, we have to make sure that whilst they take place -- and we are not sure when they will end that Ukraine is in the strongest possible position, to keep the fight going, to fight back against the Russians.
