US says Russia not interested in ending Ukraine aggression
Russia this week intensified its missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s power and water infrastructure in what Ukraine and the West have called a campaign to scare civilians ahead of a cold winter.
The United States will consider every means of pursuing diplomacy with Russia if it sees an opening, but at the moment Moscow shows no signs of willingness to engage in meaningful talks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.
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“Every indication is that, far from being willing to engage in meaningful diplomacy, President Putin continues to move in the opposite direction,” Blinken told a news conference with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna.
“We consider every measure to advance diplomacy and if we see an opening to pursue it in any way, of course we will always see it,” he said. its aggression.
Russia this week intensified its missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s power and water infrastructure in what Ukraine and the West have called a campaign to scare civilians ahead of a cold winter.
Earlier this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview that Russia was ready to engage with the United States or Turkey on ways to end the war, now in its eighth month, but that talks are yet to be held. Till date no serious proposal has been received.
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The biggest conflict in Europe in decades drew comparisons with the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war and raised questions about whether Washington and Moscow should engage in talks to avoid an extension of the war, including a nuclear confrontation. Should be. ,
Blinken and other US officials have repeatedly said that Moscow is not interested in meaningful diplomacy.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on Friday with his Russian counterpart, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, on their first call since May and stressed the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid the war in Ukraine, according to a Pentagon statement. Gave.
In televised remarks for his Security Council, Putin increased the powers of Russia’s regional governors and ordered the creation of a Coordinating Council under Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to support his “special military operation”.
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US says Russia not interested in ending Ukraine aggression
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