Peace Initiatives on Ukraine: The Barely Audible Rustle of Peace
... certain statements of government officials and their comments. All of them were proposed by so-called neutral countries like China, Brazil, African states and Indonesia, that is by the countries that are not directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict and think of themselves as unbiased ... ... it totally ignores Russian interests and excludes the possibility of any tradeoff. Rather, it is a structured declaration of Ukraine’s ultimatum position, which cannot become the basis for negotiations, much less for conflict resolution. It is indicative ...