Stailed negotiations by the armistice in Ukraine

Paula Simoniti – Vatikan Sidad

The diplomatic path to solve the crisis in Ukraine is difficult. The phone conversation has failed two days ago between the two leaders, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, to open Russia’s hardness, which has not yet put any concrete proposal on the table.

Ukraine behavior

Meanwhile, Kyiv repeats to be ready for negotiations that can pay off:

“I am grateful – the Ukrainian president added – to all who help us.”

Yesterday, the Ukrainian president repeated his rejection of any draft agreement contemplating the army’s withdrawal from the Ukrainian -controlled areas. The United States is still optimistic, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said that Moscow “provides its circumstances in the armistice within a few days.”

Introduction to penalties

Meanwhile, the concentration of diplomatic tension moves to the new sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United Kingdom yesterday against Russia. Initiatives that the White House president does not want to support at this time, mediation is attempt:

“We will see how Moscow behaves,” the US President said, “He unleashes the criticism of European leaders, who consider the media that Trump’s position” is postponed “towards the Russian president. On the horizon, Pope Leo XII suggestion is still in effect to host the table in the Vatican in the end.

There are still victims on the ground

Meanwhile, the conflict on the ground still receives life: according to the local media, six Ukrainian soldiers died and more than ten wounded in a Russian missile attack against the fire field in the Sumi region.

For his part, Russian President, Putin, personally verified the situation in the confrontation line in the Kursk region, on the border with Ukraine: There, as the Kremlin mentioned, met the temporary ruler, Alexander Jennstein, and representatives of the volunteer organizations.