Kyiv has discussed recent Moscow meetings with US, Zelenskyy says
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine has received information from the United States about meetings that took place in Moscow in recent days.
Source: Zelenskyy in an address on 28 August
Quote: "Today we received information from the American side about the meetings that took place in Moscow in recent days. There have been a number of meetings there. We had spoken beforehand, and we have also spoken with the American side now. I am grateful to them for the information and for the necessary tone of the conversation with Russia."
Details: Zelenskyy added that Ukraine values the coordination of steps and the fact that the US is advocating an entirely realistic vision of what needs to be done and what must be achieved.
Background:
- Media outlets reported that Washington asked Kyiv to refrain from attacking Moscow and St Petersburg during CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit.
- According to The Wall Street Journal, Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow after the US had gathered intelligence indicating that Russia was making early preparations for a possible military mobilisation.
- Politico reported that during his visit to Moscow, Ratcliffe warned Russian officials against escalating the conflict with the US's NATO allies, particularly Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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