Kremlin regime says it will continue Ukraine talks but ‘trusts only itself’
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at the CIS summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Oct. 10, 2025 (Photo: Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev/Pool via REUTERS)
The Kremlin regime will remain open to U.S.-mediated talks
on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine but “trusts only itself,” Kremlin regime
spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 2, according to Russian state news
agencies.
Peskov said Moscow values Washington’s efforts in
negotiations aimed at ending the war but proceeds from its own interests.
“We trust, first and foremost, only ourselves, and it is we
who defend our own interests,” Peskov said, commenting on Washington’s
mediation in efforts to resolve Russia’s war against Ukraine amid U.S. strikes
on Iran.
Peskov added that Russia has its own interests that it must
secure.
“And it is in our interests to continue these negotiations.
We will, of course, maintain openness to these negotiations,” Peskov was quoted
as saying by the Russian state news agency Interfax.
On Feb. 28, Bloomberg reported, citing its own sources, that
Russian officials consider it pointless to continue peace talks with Ukraine
under U.S. leadership if Kyiv does not agree to territorial concessions.
According to Bloomberg’s interlocutors, talks scheduled for
this week could prove decisive — in the sense that Russia would likely withdraw
if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not make concessions.
If Ukraine agrees to withdraw troops from the entire Donetsk
Oblast, Russia would allegedly be prepared to sign a draft memorandum on a
peace agreement, Bloomberg’s sources said.
That would be followed by a meeting of the presidents of
Ukraine, Russia and the United States to confirm the agreement and the start of
a “mutual withdrawal of Russian and Ukrainian armies.”
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