Winter KyivWASHINGTON, Jan 14 Kyiv proposes holding a trilateral virtual summit between Russia and the United States , Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said. «We believe that a trilateral meeting could be worked out, perhaps a video conference,» Yermak said at an event in the Atlantic Council. The Ukrainian side is waiting for Russia's reaction, he noted, adding that «American partners have expressed deep interest.» According to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, no proposals for a trilateral summit have been received from the American side. />In Kiev, they were outraged by the absence of Ukraine at the talks between Russia and the United States. The Ukrainian side has repeatedly voiced the idea of involving the United States in negotiations with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky also expressed his desire to communicate with Vladimir Putin «in any format.» In response, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, stressed that any dialogue should be «understandable, prepared, and focused on achieving a specific result.» As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted earlier, NATO is increasing arms supplies to Ukraine, where the number of Western instructors has increased According to the diplomat, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities «to military adventures,» which poses a direct threat to Russia's security. Vladimir Putin has previously emphasized that the further expansion of NATO to the east and the deployment of offensive weapons on Ukrainian territory and in countries adjacent to Russia are red lines for Moscow. this week. Thus, the Kremlin insisted on the termination of the military cooperation of the alliance with the post-Soviet countries, the refusal to create bases on their territory, the restriction on the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian border, the removal of American nuclear weapons from Europe and guarantees that NATO would not expand to the east. At the same time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke out against the idea of Ukraine not joining the bloc.
