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Ryabkov: US Must Consider Battlefield Realities to Resolve Ukraine Conflict

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

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  • Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the situation was changing against Ukraineโ€™s interests.
  • Ryabkov said the main question was how willing the U.S. administration was to invest in finding a genuine solution while taking battlefield realities into account.
  • Russian state media reported that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were expected to visit Moscow on Saturday and Kyiv on Sunday.

Russia is urging the United States to take battlefield realities into account in negotiations over ending the war in Ukraine, ahead of planned visits by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the situation was changing against Ukraineโ€™s interests. โ€œThe main question is how prepared the U.S. administration is, taking into account the realities on the ground, to invest in finding a genuine solution to the current crisis,โ€ he said, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.

Media reports said Witkoff and Kushner would travel to Russia and Ukraine over the weekend. They were expected to visit Moscow on Saturday and Kyiv on Sunday, which would be their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the war began.

The main question is how prepared the U.S. administration is, taking into account the realities on the ground, to invest in finding a genuine solution to the current crisis.

· Sergei RyabkovRussiaโ€™s deputy foreign minister said Washington should account for battlefield conditions in efforts to end the conflict.
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