RAINER SAKS: Could a Visit by US Envoys End Russia’s Attacks? Putin Does Not Want to Make Concessions
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- US presidential envoys are expected in Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend.
- Ukraine’s president said Ukrainian forces would not carry out air attacks on Russian territory during the visit.
- Security expert Rainer Saks writes that Russia is not willing to make concessions and questions whether the visit can end the attacks.
The planned visit of US presidential envoys to Moscow and Kyiv raises a direct question: can diplomacy stop Russia’s attacks?
Ukraine’s president has said that the Ukrainian army will not conduct air attacks on Russian territory while the envoys are visiting. Kyiv expects the Russian army to show the same restraint and not launch air attacks on Ukraine.
Rainer Saks, a security expert from the Parempoolsed party, writes that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to make concessions. Against that backdrop, the visit is being watched for whether it can produce even a temporary halt in the attacks.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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