Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Advertisement“Most conflicts end in negotiations, but that requires a seriousness on the part of the Russians in this instance that I don’t think we see,” Burns told PBS last month. “At least, it’s not our assessment that the Russians are serious at this point about a real negotiation.”A CIA spokesperson declined to characterize what Burns relayed to Zelensky on Russia’s military planning. At the moment, Ukrainian and Russian forces are locked in an intense war of attrition in eastern Ukraine around Bakhmut. “There are times where we shouldn’t hesitate,” Zelensky told an audience in Davos, Switzerland, via video feed.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2023 04:18 UTC