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Risk Falters as Putin says Kyiv Not Serious About Finding Mutually Acceptable Settlement

RUSSIA
  • PUTIN: KYIV IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT FINDING A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SETTLEMENT
  • KREMLIN COMMENTS ON PUTIN, EU'S MICHEL PHONE TALKS ON UKRAINE
  • Here's the Kremlin's transcript of the Putin-Michel conversation. A web translation follows:http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67992
  • "The President of Russia drew particular attention to the fact that the leadership of the European Union, publicly assessing what is happening, ignored yesterday's criminal and inhumane action of the Ukrainian military - a missile strike on a residential quarter in the center of Donetsk using cluster munitions, which led to numerous civilian casualties.
  • Vladimir Putin outlined the principal assessments of the ongoing negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives on the development of agreements taking into account known Russian requirements.
  • At the same time, it was noted that Kiev does not demonstrate a serious attitude to search for mutually acceptable solutions."
  • This comment from Putin puts a dampener on the recent positive narrative in negotiations, with risk taking a bit of a knock on the headline
  • Focus will be on the assessment of the state of talks from the negotiators and whether this sentiment from Putin will push the Russian side further away from any prospective ceasefire agreement in the coming days
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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