Putin suggested that the US freeze war in Ukraine but negotiations were not successful - Reuters

The source in the United States in a comment to the publication denied any official contact with the Kremlin and stated that Washington would not participate in the negotiations behind the back in Kiev. However, he said, there were probably unofficial conversations between the Russians "not in the government". The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, through intermediaries, offered the United States to freeze the war in Ukraine, but they rejected the proposal.

About it reports Reuters with reference to three Russian sources familiar with discussions. "Putin's failure has opened the third year of the most massive conflict in Europe since World War II and shows how far the two largest nuclear powers of the world remain from each other," the publication said. The US source in a comment to Reuters denied any official contact and said Washington would not participate in negotiations without Ukraine's participation.

The publication said that earlier the American official, speaking in Washington on the conditions of anonymity, said that the United States did not participate in any "sidelines" with Russia, and that Washington was consistent in order not to act "behind the back" of Ukraine. According to him, there were probably unofficial conversations between the Russians "not in the government", but noted that the United States did not participate in them.

The American official suggested that Moscow seemed to be disappointed that Washington repeatedly refused to accept the requirements of the Russian Federation for the maintenance of occupied Ukrainian territories. According to Russian interlocutors, Putin was publicly and privately through intermediaries last year, in particular through the Arab partners of Moscow in the Middle East and others, he sent Washington to "signals" that he is ready to consider the ceasefire in Ukraine.

Sources assure that the head of the aggressor country proposed to freeze the conflict "at the current levels" and did not want to concede temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. The corresponding "signal", as noted in the publication, suggested that some in the Kremlin were considered "the best way to some peace. " "Contacts with the Americans have not led to anything," Reuters assured a high -ranking Russian source, aware of discussions at the end of 2023 and early 2024.

Another Russian source confirmed that the Americans, through intermediaries, reported to Moscow that they would not discuss a possible ceasefire without the participation of Ukraine, so the proposals ended with failure. The third interlocutor stated to the publication that "with the Americans everything collapsed. " According to him, the United States "did not want to press on Ukraine. " Journalists emphasize that there has been no large -scale negotiations before the ceasefire and their failure.

It happened at the time when US President Joe Biden insisted that Congress approved more assistance to Ukraine for months, but faced the opposition of allies of the Presidential Presidential leader from Republican Donald Trump. "The Kremlin, the White House, the US State Department and the CIA Central Intelligence (CIA) have abandoned comments," the publication assures.

We will remind, on February 11 the Presidential Presidential President Dmitry Peskov made a statement on the prospects of peace talks on Ukraine. The Kremlin speaker stated that it would be increasingly difficult for Kyiv and Western allies to find a peaceful decision after the arrangements reached in March 2022 were not implemented through the British. Then, according to Peskov, Ukraine could sit at the negotiation table "with less costs".