On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is considering severing diplomatic relations with Russia after Moscow recognized the breakaway republics in the Donbas.
Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv, Zelensky said Ukraine’s foreign ministry made the request to break off relations. “I’ve received a request from the foreign ministry. I will consider the issue of severing diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation,” he said.
Russia responded and said the move would be “unwelcome” and only make the situation more difficult. “Naturally, the severance of diplomatic relations would be an extremely unwelcome scenario, which will only make everything still more difficult not only for the states but also for their peoples,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Later in the day, Zelensky ordered Ukraine’s military reserve forces to be called up but said a general mobilization was not needed at this time. The Ukrainian leader also called for talks with Russia to resolve the current crisis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his recognition of the Donbas meant the Minsk agreements no longer exist. The Minsk agreements were meant to bring an end to the war in the Donbas but were never fully implemented by Ukraine.
Zelensky keeps asking for direct talks with Russia. How many times does he have to have this shut down before he gets the picture? Russia is through talking. “You don’t talk to Mr. Lavrov, you get to talk to Mr. Shoigu.” Or Mr. Zircon or Mr. Kinzhal. Or Mr. TOS-1.
The only thing this moron needs to do is immediately stop shelling Donbass and remove his forces outside the borders of the Donestk and Luhansk region. If he does that, Ukraine just might survive. Otherwise, as the song I listened to yesterday said, “it’s gonna get real, real messy.”
Zelensky is considering while awaiting orders on what he is considering.
All the self righteous indignation from the very ones that helped cause and continue to cause the problems in Ukraine is sickening. Then to watch a bunch of behind embracers following suite is almost to much to bare. These western representatives could care less about how many will die in the possible war they are instigating, they are reveling in their five minutes of fame and this mister Zelensky is lapping it up. The bigger threat is Nuclear war and the reason the world is full of nuclear weapons is because of what we the US did in World War Two, we have proven we are capable and that is one reason Russia cannot be to careful.
Ask Zelensky if Ukraine is better off today than prior to 2014?