John Kirby. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 3White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said the time had not yet come for a peace dialogue between Russia and Ukraine. «when, what and under what conditions will be a victory for him. But even Zelensky will tell you that now is not the right time for this kind of discussion, and President (RF) Vladimir Putin has definitely not shown signs of interest in negotiations,» Kirby said on air on Fox News, answering a question about whether the US leadership considers it necessary to push Moscow and Kyiv to negotiations.Matvienko: The West was not interested in Russia's negotiations with UkraineHe emphasized that Washington would continue to provide military assistance to Kyiv, «which already exceeds $7 billion from the United States alone.» The White House has repeatedly stressed that it considers a diplomatic settlement the only possible way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine , while at the same time allocating new military aid to Ukraine. This week, US President Joe Biden specifically stressed that his country would provide Ukraine with this kind of support «for as long as it takes.» Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier, commenting on recent belligerent statements by Western leaders, that the demand initiatives to pacify the situation in Ukraine in the West has declined, but sooner or later common sense will prevail and the turn of negotiations will come, before which Kyiv will have to understand Russia's conditions and agree to them. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, as Putin noted, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. The ultimate goal of the special military operation, according to the President of the Russian Federation, is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops.
