Kiev\u2019s unrealistic conditions have only led to a continuation of hostilities, Russia\u2019s UN envoy has said<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky is undermining US mediation efforts by insisting on unrealistic conditions for a peace deal, Russia\u2019s UN envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, said on Monday.
\nThe administration of US President Donald Trump has been working to broker a compromise resolution to the Ukraine conflict. Zelensky has maintained, however, that certain \u201cred lines\u201d cannot be crossed \u2013 a stance which Nebenzia says ignores the situation on the battlefield.
\n\u201cBy putting forward his conditions in response to the US proposals, he is essentially nullifying what is being done by the US,\u201d the diplomat said at a UN Security Council meeting in New York.
\n\u201cUntil the Kiev ringleader comes to his senses and agrees to realistic terms for negotiations, we will continue solving the problems by military means,\u201d he added. \u201cHe was warned long ago, and the conditions for negotiations will only get worse for him with each day he squanders.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nebenzia said the Zelensky government is \u201cmired in terrorism, corruption, and lawlessness\u201d and focused on extracting foreign funds for himself and his associates. He argued that Western nations that ignore Ukrainian crimes share responsibility for them. As a recent example of what he called a deliberate Ukrainian strike on civilians, Nebenzia cited New Year\u2019s Eve drone attacks on a cafe in the resort town of Khorly, which killed 29 people and injured over 30.
\nNebenzia also criticized a French-British proposal to deploy NATO troops to Ukraine after a peace agreement, stressing that NATO\u2019s expansion toward Russia\u2019s borders is a key cause of the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kiev\u2019s unrealistic conditions have only led to a continuation of hostilities, Russia\u2019s UN envoy has said Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky is undermining US mediation efforts by insisting on unrealistic conditions for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t