Russia might use diplomatic negotiations as deceive to improve positions on battlefield

 

As Bloomberg reported, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave this remark on December 5 while attending the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council summit in Washington.

 

He said that the war in Ukraine is likely to eventually end in diplomacy, but added that Russia doesn’t currently seem interested in “meaningful” negotiations that could result in a “durable” peace.

 

“One of the things that you can imagine is the Russians trying to find an off-ramp that would be a phony off-ramp,” Blinken said, further elaborating that he means "Oh, let’s have a ceasefire. Let’s just freeze things in place". 

 

"Get a frozen conflict. Never negotiate about the territory that they have seized and continue to hold. Rest, refit, regroup, re-attack”, Blinken said, stating that this is what the Russian side is really aiming for.