Kremlin Irritated: NO PEACE with Ukraine After Zelenskyy Travels to USA
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Washington DC this week for face-to-face meetings with US President Joe Biden, as their continued military partnership works to keep the Kremlin from gaining any ground in Europe’s easternmost territories.
The visit was unsurprisingly unpopular in Moscow, leading to a number of rather bitter comments from with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
The Kremlin said that nothing good would come from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Washington on Wednesday and that Russia saw no chance of peace talks with Kyiv.
Advertisement - story continues belowIn a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that continued Western arms supplies to Ukraine would lead to a “deepening” of the conflict – something which could backfire on Kyiv, he warned.
“The supply of weapons continues and the range of supplied weapons is expanding. All of this, of course, leads to an aggravation of the conflict. This does not bode well for Ukraine,” Peskov said.
The rhetoric was unmistakable.
Asked whether Moscow had any expectations that something positive could come from Zelensky’s trip, Peskov answered: “No.”
Putin’s invasion has thus far been a miserable failure, forcing Russian troops to resort to barbaric war crimes against soldiers and civilians, pressuring the US and Ukraine to find a swift and decisive victory.
