Denys Davydov | Russia threatens not to end the war until Kyiv makes significant terri...

Russia threatens not to end the war until Kyiv makes significant territorial concessions, on the eve of the first trilateral talks between representatives of the countries with the participation of US officials since the full-scale invasion of 2022, writes The Financial TimesPutin told US special envoys Vitkoff and Kushner that "there should not be any long-term settlement without resolving the territorial issue", said a senior Kremlin official. These words of Yuri Ushakov, the Russian president's foreign policy adviser, emphasize that Putin has not weakened his demands for the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donbass.Zelensky stated that the surrender of Donbass is a red line and that he is ready to consider withdrawing his forces from there only if Russia does the same and the territory remains recognized by Kyiv.Ushakov's comments come on the eve of two-day talks between Ukrainian, Russian and American officials, which will begin in Abu Dhabi today. It's not clear yet whether representatives of the three countries will be in the same room.Ushakov said that Russia will continue to fight until all its demands are met. These also include a complete rewriting of the architecture of European security and fundamental internal changes in Ukraine that would move Ukraine into Russia's orbit.The Moscow delegation at the talks in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday will be led by Igor Kostyukov, the head of Russian military intelligence.A Ukrainian official noted that Ukraine welcomes trilateral talks and the opportunity to be present in the same room with Russians and Americans and to speak on its own behalf in the presence of both sides.💬 We speak their language and [can] read the expressions on their faces, - said the official.Russia will also hold parallel talks with the US on economic cooperation under the leadership of Kirill Dmitriev, Ushakov reported. And he added that Putin gave "specific instructions" to the Russian delegation after the meeting with Vitkoff and Kushner.However, Putin is evading agreeing to the US-backed peace plan developed last year with Russia's participation and has made it clear that Moscow will reject subsequent amendments to the plan made by Ukraine and its European allies.