Ukraine yields to US pressure and no longer demands Putin’s removal to negotiate peace with Russia

The pressures of the Biden Administration are having an effect. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskynow softens its demands to sit down with Russia to negotiate the end of the war and I would no longer call for the removal of Vladimir Putin.

According to the Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Postthe United States has managed to get Zelensky make your terms more flexible when negotiating peace with Russia. On December 6, the Ukrainian president stated that he was open to “genuine talks” with Russia but imposed requirements.

Some of them were the restoration of the territorial integrity from Ukraine, the punishment of war crimes and repairs. However, unlike previous speeches, Zelensky omitted that Putin must be removed before negotiating.

[Nuevo fracaso de Putin en Ucrania: Rusia ordena retirar sus tropas de la ciudad de Jersón]

This change in Ukraine’s strategy comes after “days of negotiations between kyiv and Washington” that included a meeting last week of the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivanwith Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital.

as published Kyiv Post, an official of the Ukrainian administration acknowledges that, although the US did not directly ask Zelensky and his allies to change their position, they did convey to kyiv that it must demonstrate “more enthusiasm to end the conflict amicably and sensibly”. “The idea is to show the international scene, once again, that Ukraine, and not Russia, is the party that seeks peace,” adds this source.

“That doesn’t mean they should go to the negotiating table right now. We don’t even think now is the right time based on what Russia is doing. But Must show willingness to resolve conflict because no one is more interested in ending this conflict than Ukraine,” added this official.

[Ucrania se prepara para el apagón total: tres millones de personas tendrían que ser evacuadas de Kiev]

Invasion “fatigue”

This information from Kyiv Post comes just a few days after the Washington Post revealed that US diplomacy had privately asked the Zelensky government to leave the door open to negotiating a peace agreement with Russia to convince allied countries that the war in Ukraine it’s not getting stuck and that there is an exit option.

As published last Sunday by the American newspaper, the “fatigue” about the invasion in Ukraine “is a reality for some partners” of the United States. Sources close to the negotiation have revealed that they have recommended Zelensky to do not reject Russian offers of negotiation as a rule.

[Putin declara la ley marcial en las regiones anexionadas mientras evacúa la ciudad de Jersón]

These sources speak of a “calculated attempt” by the US to guarantee kyiv the backing of the government whose electorates are beginning to be tired of the conflict and the economic consequences it entails. And, by extension, the shipment of military material, a very expensive expense in the midst of a crisis.

“Some of the G7 countries that have called for a just and negotiated peace see a possible turning point if Ukrainian forces approach Crimea“, according to the newspaper’s sources.

However, and despite this move, the Joe Biden government has conveyed to kyiv that none of Vladimir Putin’s offers to negotiate peace have credibility because its demands are exaggerated since, practically, it demands a total and unconditional surrender and the recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Ukrainian territories that it has annexed.

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This request from the United States totally clashes with Zelensky’s statements last September after the Russian annexations when he declared “impossible” to negotiate with his Russian counterpart. “We will negotiate with the new president,” he said in a speech, thus rejecting the figure of Vladimir Putin.

Despite this slam of the Ukrainian president, the American officials consulted by the Washington Post No rule out the possibility that Zelensky endorses the possibility of a reopening of negotiations once winter has arrivedwhen low temperatures make fighting practically impossible and a window for diplomacy opens.