Russia /Ukraine21 Feb 2022 19:16
I think a small breakthrough has taken place with Germany / France / Russia .
From GB news .Russian President Vladimir Putin is to recognise the breakaway regions of Ukraine, the Kremlin says.
Mr Putin made the French and German leaders aware of his plans in a phone call, telling them he will sign a decree.
The move could allow the Russian leader to openly move troops into Eastern Ukraine and end peace talks with Kyiv.
The reports come following news that Joe Biden has agreed "in principle" to a summit with Vladimir Putin.
Following a series of lengthy calls involving French president Emmanuel Macron, the White House said talks could go ahead provided there had been no invasion.
However Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said later that while the two leaders could meet if they considered it necessary, no plans for a summit had been agreed.
“It’s premature to talk about specific plans for a summit. The meeting is possible if the leaders consider it feasible,” he said.
Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, said it is still too early to say whether a meeting would take place.
He told the PA news agency it would be a “good result” if sufficient progress was made in talks to allow the summit to go ahead.
But he said the West is “not very interested in resolving the core question, the issue of the enlargement of Nato, the open door policy”.
Mr Wallace told MPs that Russia now has more than 110 battalion tactical groups massed around Ukraine’s border while the Black Sea fleet included two amphibious groups and nine cruise missile-equipped ships with a further four cruise missile-capable vessels in the Caspian.
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