Shuttle Diplomacy has Started.
“We are moving on. We are ready for peace, but peace for our entire country… We respect international law and the sovereignty of every state, and now we are talking about the sovereignty of our state. That is why we are fighting against Russian aggression.” Communication of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with media representatives in Kherson.
Important update on Ankara meeting.
The Russian defeat at Kherson is an opening for a diplomatic end to the war. Last night one of the Ukrainian Telegram Channels had a very tantalizing post. I am going to give it to you in full because it’s the kind of text that could be history-making:
Zelensky called Putin: the Kremlin suddenly convened a council of security officials Kremlin head Vladimir Putin, after a conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, discussed Russian-Ukrainian relations with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, “Along with topical issues agenda, the meeting participants touched upon some aspects of Russian-Ukrainian relations, including taking into account the telephone conversation between Presidents Putin and…