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The US State Department (USSD) has signalled it is opposed to Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaging in ceasefire talks with Vladimir Putin.

Spokesman Ned Price said: “Now we see Moscow suggesting that diplomacy take place at the barrel of a gun, or as Moscow’s rockets, mortars, artillery target the Ukrainian people.

“This is not real diplomacy. Those are not the conditions for real diplomacy.”

They are, however, the conditions at hand, and some suggest leaders must engage in talks in the hope further such misery and destruction can be avoided.

Journalist Ben Arts asked in a post on Twitter: “Why would USSD object to peace talks?!?

“Nato said it won’t fight. Ukraine has no help. Ukraine will lose the war.

“So only rational choice is peace talk ASAP.”

He added that “Putin calculated this very carefully”.



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