Pat the same time, according to the head of the US national intelligence, neither side can win in the conflict in Ukraine, and the risks of escalation are constantly increasing
Evril Haines
The United States does not see any prospects for successful negotiations around the situation in Ukraine in the near future, while the possibility remains for an escalation of the conflict. This was stated by the head of US National Intelligence, Avril Haines, speaking at a hearing in the Congressional Armed Services Committee, broadcast by C-SPAN.
“Given that both Russia and Ukraine believe that they can continue to achieve military successes, we do not see the possibility of viable progress through negotiations,” at least in the short term,” she said.
In addition, according to her assumption, over the next few months in Ukraine, a movement towards greater unpredictability and potential escalation is possible.
Since the end of February, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have held several rounds of peace talks, both face-to-face and remotely. The greatest progress was achieved during the meeting in Istanbul on March 29, after which Russian forces were withdrawn from the Kiev and Chernihiv directions.
Moscow in early April reported that it wanted to complete the military operation in Ukraine through negotiations and was interested in President Vladimir Zelensky agreeing to its proposals.
Nevertheless, on April 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the position of the Ukrainian authorities on the terms of the settlement had changed dramatically after the talks in Istanbul. “They [the Ukrainian delegation] have moved away from their previous intentions to put out of brackets the issues of security guarantees [the status of] Crimea, Sevastopol and the republics of Donbass. They simply refused it,” the Russian leader stressed.
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Alexey Zaitsev, Deputy head of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on May 6 that negotiations with Ukraine are not developing and are stagnating.
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