“I’m ready for negotiations with Putin, but if they fail, it could mean World War III,”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was quoted as saying by news agency ANI on Sunday.
Zelenskyy also called on for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow and urged China to join the West in condemning ‘Russian barbarism.’ Meanwhile, Zelenskyy has made a direct appeal to Moscow and the people of Russia, claiming 14,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion began. He also warned of dire consequences if ongoing ceasefire talks with Russia fail.In the meantime President Joe Biden will not be visiting Ukraine during his upcoming Europe trip, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Twitter.”The trip will be focused on continuing to rally the world in support of the Ukrainian people and against President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, but there are no plans to travel into Ukraine,” Psaki said.Biden is set to meet with European leaders at a NATO summit in Brussels on March 24. Biden’s first trip to Europe since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine comes after Vice President Kamala Harris visited Poland and Romania. But some have been calling on Biden to visit Ukraine, after leaders from Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia visited the capital of Kyiv.”The president is going to Europe, and he will be meeting with all of our partners and allies there. I have not seen any discussions of going into Ukraine. But you have to remember, we have discouraged Americans from going into Ukraine.
This is a country at war, I can’t imagine that that would be on the table,” U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said earlier in the day on CNN’s “State of the Union.” /Argumentum.al
