Russia was not interested in or interested in meaningful talks with Ukraine - isw

The Kremlin is trying to ensure that everything looks like Ukraine, not the Russian Federation, hinders peace negotiations, American analysts say. Russian officials continue to attempt to put responsibility on Ukraine for the lack of ceasefire negotiations. On August 19, the Assistant President of Russia Yuri Ushakov commented on possible negotiations, saying that Russia would not talk to Ukraine "in view of this adventure" in the Kursk region.

About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of August 19. Ushakov stated that in the power of the proposal of President of Russia Vladimir Putin, who urge Ukraine to abandon the territory that Russian troops do not occupy today, but, according to him, it would be "inappropriate" to hold negotiations right now.

On August 19, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, repeated Putin's statement of August 12 that there could be no talk of negotiations after the Ukrainian invasion. He also noted that Russia will surely evaluate this situation a little later. Lavrov denies that the Russian Federation has temporarily suspended secret negotiations with Ukraine in Qatari on a ban on blows on energy infrastructure, which the Washington Post wrote. Lavrov called the publication "rumors".