Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, responded rudely to the proposal of Emmanuel Bonne and Bertrand Buchwalter, advisors to French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in Moscow to discuss negotiations on Ukraine. This was reported by the Financial Times, citing an informed source.
According to journalists, Boone and Buschwalter came to Moscow for negotiations with Ushakov in early February. The French president’s advisors tried to persuade the Kremlin to agree to the participation of Kyiv’s European allies in the negotiations.
– Ushakov’s answer was as follows: “Sorry, not at all. We don’t want that, go to hell.” material.
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the Russian side did not hear positive signals from French representatives related to the possible end of the conflict.
US President Donald Trump said earlier that reaching an agreement with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is “much more difficult” than with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
On March 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump had a telephone conversation. The conversation between the politicians was practical, frank and constructive.