The New York Times: Negotiations Without Ceasefire Are a Tactical Victory for Putin
The New York Times newspaper assessed the second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations that took place yesterday in Istanbul as a “tactical victory for Moscow.”
“The Russian-Ukrainian meetings on conflict resolution, which have already taken place twice in Istanbul, have become a tactical victory for Putin, who managed to start negotiations without first agreeing to a ceasefire, which Ukraine and almost all Western countries that support it insisted on as a condition for starting negotiations,” the article says.
The publication emphasizes that expectations from the meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations that took place on Monday “were low,” since the delegations of the two countries “presented conditions that could not be accepted by both sides.”
At the same time, according to The New York Times, the US expects Russia to launch a major retaliatory strike against Ukraine in response to the attack on military airfields.
"US intelligence has not yet determined what kind of strikes Russia might launch, but officials believe Moscow could resume drone strikes on the power grid or launch new waves of medium-range ballistic missiles," the report said, citing US officials.
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