Putin cannot achieve his goals on battlefield, so he is resorting to negotiations, - Kallas

Kallas: Putin is trying to use negotiations because he cannot achieve his goals on the battlefield

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is trying to use negotiations to achieve his goals, which he was unable to achieve on the battlefield.

This was stated by the European Union's chief diplomat Kaja Kallas, according to The Guardian, as reported by Censor.NET.

The agreement must include concessions on the part of the Russian Federation.

She welcomed the US's desire to end the war, but stressed that any peace agreement must include concessions from Russia.

"We all want this war to end, but how it ends is important. We must remember that there is one aggressor and one victim. The first step must be a complete and unconditional ceasefire... But right now, we see no signs that Russia is ready for a ceasefire," said Kallas.

The top diplomat noted that Russia is not scaling back its military machine, but rather expanding it.

"We still need to move from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where Russia has to negotiate. We are getting closer to that," she said.

Kallas stressed that it is now necessary to "continue to support Ukraine and put pressure on Russia."

"Putin cannot achieve his goals on the battlefield, so he will try to achieve them through negotiations," Kallas added.

What preceded this?

On Sunday, 23 November, negotiations between Ukrainian and US delegations began in Geneva on a peace plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian delegation had already held meetings with EU advisers in Geneva.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the first results of the negotiations taking place in Geneva with the participation of delegations from the US, Ukraine, the EU and the UK on the American plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov reported that the current version of the US peace plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine is in the final stages of approval and already reflects most of Ukraine's key priorities.
Following the talks in Geneva on Sunday, 23 November, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Washington team would make "some changes" to the American peace plan.