Russian President Vladimir Putin
“Peace in Ukraine depends on a single person. Unfortunately, we are seeing no signs that Putin is involved.”
“Peace in Ukraine depends on a single person. That person is, as you know very well, the president Putin”.
A European Commission publicly said that talking directly to Vladimir Putin is a possibility. Everything to put an end to .
But the scenario on the battlefield does not point to peace: in the last few hours alone, at least six people were killed in Russian attacks in Kharkiv, including a pediatric clinic.
According to the UN, 2025 was the year in which there were the most deaths in Ukraine in the last three years.
The US denounced a Russia’s “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” in Ukraine – because of the launch of the ballistic missile against a Ukrainian area near the border with Poland.
The European Commission is “working hard” for peace in Ukraine. But, In this environment, he does not move forward with talks with the President of Russia.
Portuguese Paula Pinho, spokesperson for the European Commission, reinforced: “Peace in Ukraine depends on a single person. That person is, as you know very well, President Putin. Therefore, it is obvious that, at some point, there will have to be talks with President Putin. In the meantime, a lot of work is being done.”
But, for now, no: “Unfortunately, we are not seeing signs that President Putin is involved in these talks, so we are not at that point yet, but at some point we hope that there will be talks that ultimately lead to peace in Ukraine.”
E refused to point “blame” to the president of Ukraine: “It’s not because of President Zelenskyy, who has said many times that he is ready for this. We have not reached that point yet. We would like to be there.”
As highlighted by , this availability of the European Commission is a change of directiona change of speech; Until now, the entity has only focused on diplomatically isolate and apply economic sanctions to the Kremlin.
