Australian National Review - ‘Stop the clownery’ – top Russian MP to Zelensky — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Former military advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Erich Wad, has called for the resumption of direct talks on Ukraine, noting that this should happen as soon as possible.

The Russian Foreign Minister's spokesman Maria Zaharova gave, on Sunday, an answer from Russia after the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin for direct peace negotiations.

Australian National Review - ‘Stop the clownery’ – top Russian MP to Zelensky — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Leonid Slutsky has urged the Ukrainian leadership to rescind a 2022 order banning direct negotiations with Moscow A senior Russian MP has blasted Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for continuing to block peace negotiations with Moscow, saying Kiev should “stop the clownery” and return to diplomacy. In an interview with RT on Monday, State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Leonid Slutsky noted that Zelensky “banned negotiations for himself.” He w…