As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has come to a critical juncture, Putin also took this opportunity to give Ukraine and the United States and the West the last chance to once again show his willingness to negotiate peace, and gave conditions for peace talks, which also highlights the sincerity of Russia to a certain extent. However, in response to the goodwill released by the Russian side, both the Ukrainian side and Western countries rejected this proposal.
In this regard, Zelensky's office said that the peace initiative proposed by the Russian side seems to assume that Ukraine gives up its sovereignty, and it is also a manifestation of its desire to seize the initiative before the Swiss summit. Of course, in response to this unreasonable behavior of the Ukrainian side, the Russian side is no longer polite, and resorts to murder and punish people, completely denying the legitimate status of the Zelensky government and putting it in an extremely embarrassing situation. According to Russian media, recently, the Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations said that the Zelensky government has no way to participate in the negotiations, and the Russian side is quite convinced of this.
In addition, he said that the Russian side has repeatedly reaffirmed its willingness to enter into negotiations, and this is not just a statement of nature. You know, earlier, the Russian negotiators signed the Istanbul agreement, but the Ukrainian side prevented such an effective peace settlement. Although the West has been calling for peace talks with Russia, and Russia has also shown its willingness to hold peace talks, the West has turned a blind eye to Ukraine's refusal to hold peace talks.
So now, the only logical conclusion that the Russian side has come to is that the Zelensky regime cannot negotiate. It is worth mentioning that earlier, Putin also said that Zelensky's presidential term has expired and his legitimacy cannot be restored in any case. The secretary to the Russian president also pointed out that the Russian side has not rejected the possibility of peace talks with the Ukrainian side, because there are other legitimate governments there.
It can be seen that although Zelensky refused to hold elections after his presidential term expired and continued to occupy the presidency, his presidential identity is no longer recognized by the Russian side, and there is no qualification for the Russian side to negotiate at all. Of course, the reason why Russia is doing this is to pressure the United States and the West to compromise and not support Ukraine to continue to behave in a wrongful manner. However, just as the United States and the West questioned Russia's terms for peace talks, the Russian side also threw out a warning, giving the outside world a feeling that victory was bound to be in the bag. According to Russian media sources, recently, the press secretary of the Russian president said that they saw how the entire Western countries tirelessly escalated the situation and provoked tensions.
In the process, the Russian side will inevitably respond to this provocation, defend its rights and interests, and will use a range of possible means to achieve the goals of the special operation. It can only be said that since the United States, the West and Ukraine do not want the last chance given by Putin, Russia does not need to be polite anymore, and can directly let go of the fight, and Ukraine can only wait for defeat.
After all, in terms of weapons superiority and personnel reserves, the Russian side completely occupies an advantage. Now, the Russian army is waiting for the right opportunity to win the battle in one fell swoop. Therefore, for Zelensky, as the Russian side no longer has any nonsense, his hope of getting a bargain from the Russian side will also be shattered, and he will fall into a rather passive situation. As for the follow-up developments, we can continue to pay attention together.