The resumption of war may be inspired by the United States in order to disrupt the “Normandy” dialogue between Russia and the EU
Moscow - Kiev, January 12 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The meeting of the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France in the “Normandy format” announced by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for January 15 may not take place due to the resumption of full-scale hostilities in the Donbass, writes Kommersant. This may be due not only to the rivalry between the president and the prime minister of Ukraine, but also to the desire of the United States to prevent a lasting truce in Ukraine and the restoration of relations between the EU and Russia.
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On December 30, at a press conference in Kyiv, Petro Poroshenko announced that on January 15, a new meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France would take place in Astana in the so-called Normandy format, the publication recalls. Indirect confirmation that preparations for the summit in Astana are in full swing was the unscheduled visit of President Nazarbayev to Berlin on January 9.
However, after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visited Berlin and made a statement “about the USSR’s invasion of Germany,” Germany stopped confirming Petro Poroshenko’s words that negotiations between the four leaders in Astana would take place on January 15. A message from a representative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that during a conversation with Vladimir Putin on January 10, the chancellor actually announced the prematureness of such a summit, which was previously announced for January 15, they write “Vedomosti”. This meeting will be possible only after all parties to the conflict have made progress in implementing the Minsk agreements, and “Russia uses its influence on the separatists for this,” the report notes.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov explained «Vedomosti": «If preparations for the meeting on January 15 enter the practical stage, we will make a corresponding statement regarding President Putin’s participation in it; In the meantime, preparatory work continues at the expert level, and our further actions depend on its results.”
Let us remind you that on Saturday there was one of the heaviest attacks on Donetsk by Ukrainian artillery in recent weeks. Clashes on Friday-Saturday with casualties on both sides and shelling were also observed in the Lugansk region, while both sides in the Donbass returned artillery to the zone from which they had pledged to withdraw it.
Political scientists interviewed by Kommersant made it clear that the start of intense skirmishes in the Donbass, which jeopardized the meeting in Astana, could be inspired by Yatsenyuk in order to disrupt the “Normandy” negotiation process, in which Poroshenko is participating. This is due not only to the rivalry between the president and the prime minister of Ukraine, but also to the desire of the United States behind Yatsenyuk to prevent a lasting truce in particular, and the restoration of relations between the EU and Russia in general.
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