'Rare Moment of Honesty' — US Senator Graham Says Medvedev's Comments Show Russia Not 'Interested in Peace'
- On June 3, US Senator Lindsey Graham reacted on X to a Telegram message from Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, regarding the Istanbul peace talks.
- Medvedev acknowledged that Russia's involvement in the talks aims not at achieving peace but at expediting a military victory, exposing the actual intent behind the negotiations.
- At the Istanbul talks on June 2, Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky responded sarcastically to Ukraine's demand for the repatriation of deported children.
- Lindsey Graham acknowledged Dmitry Medvedev’s unusual candor in revealing that Russia’s involvement in negotiations aims for a quicker military victory rather than peace, highlighting that the Kremlin shows little genuine interest in resolving the conflict.
- Graham’s statement suggests that the talks are not intended to reach a compromise, but rather to secure a rapid triumph for Russia and the total overthrow of Ukraine's current leadership.
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said, Tuesday, about the statement of former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, according to which Russia only seeks a "fast victory" and "complete destruction" of the Ukrainian government, that it was a "very rare moment of honesty"...


'Rare moment of honesty' — US Senator Graham says Medvedev's comments show Russia not 'interested in peace'
Russian ex-President Dmitry Medvedev's statement that Russia seeks only a "swift victory" and the "complete destruction" of the Ukrainian government at the Istanbul peace talks is a "rare moment of honesty," U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on June 3.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, the most important republican ally of President Donald Trump in the United States Senate, responded to Dmitri Medvedev's statement that Russia would "be a quick victory and complete destruction" of the state
Russian Vice-President Medvedev said Russia wants a "fast victory" and "complete destruction" of the Ukrainian government. American Senator Lindsey Graham called this statement "a rare moment of honesty", according to The Kyiv Independent.
“A Rare Moment of Honesty”: Graham Comments on Medvedev’s Revelation of Russia’s Goals
US Senator Lindsey Graham responded on June 3 to a statement by Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, who openly admitted that Russia is participating in negotiations not to seek peace, but to secure a “faster victory.” Medvedev published a post on Telegram, explaining the real purpose of Russia’s delegation in the ongoing talks with Ukraine in Istanbul. “The negotiations in Istanbul are not for some imaginary compromise peac…
First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kyslytsya believes that the frank statement of the head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev about Russia's real goals at the talks in Istanbul should open the eyes of even the most naive people and “useful idiots”. — Ukrinform.
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