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MOSCOW. Any peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the future will be direct, a senior Russian official said on Friday.
"So far, we have only communicated directly with Ukrainians, using the platforms that were kindly provided to us, which we appreciate very much," Alexey Polishchuk, Russian Foreign Ministry official, told state-owned news agency TASS. Between February and April last year, Russia held three rounds of peace talks with Ukraine in Belarus and one in Türkiye, he said.
Asked if Belarus could become directly involved in the Ukraine conflict, Polishchuk said that could only happen if Kyiv directly attacks Belarus or Russia.


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“In fact, Russia is not against Ukraine, but rather opposes the NATO-Ukrainian military-industrial conglomerate, in which Ukrainians are a tool being used to fight Russia, while NATO and its members work in the background by supplying weapons and intelligence,” he said.

That's some impressive mental gymnastics you're doing. That quote is from Alexey Polishchuk, who is a Russian Foreign Ministry official, by the way. He also made it clear that any future negotiations would have to factor in the areas of Ukraine that have "joined" Russia.
I wouldn't expect serious talks between Ukraine and Russia in the near future, though it is worth noting that any serious talks are likely to at first begin in secret so when progress starts being made, we won't necessarily know it. >


Russia is not against Ukraine, but rather opposes the NATO-Ukrainian military-industrial conglomerate, in which Ukrainians are a tool being used to fight Russia

While simultaneously killing thousand of Ukrainian? While raping women and children? 
Come into your house, raping your wife and children, dick in puss while saying "i'm your ally, i'm here to kill your beloved husband and your dad only, not here to hurt you" and firing gun in their house. 
Gotta be a joke... >

Russia isn't against Ukraine because (in their minds) Ukraine does not actually exist. It's just Russians and Russian territory stolen by the west and made to believe that they are a separate ethnicity. 
Basically they're pushing a genocidal narrative. >

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a country be so braggadocios when they’re actively losing a conflict. >

I am reminded of the Black Knight in Holy Grail.
Seriously, the Ukrainians haven’t won yet. They have a huge uphill journey ahead of them and as they push forward the Russian supply lines get shorter so anticipate that things’ll get tougher. >

The negotiations will involve Ukrianians using western tanks on the battlefields. 
Pretty "direct." >


Let's begin this meeting with a cup of tea. 

Alexey Polishchuk, probably... >

At the top of a stairwell that contains a window on each landing all the way down. >

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Russia is not against Ukraine, but rather opposes the NATO-Ukrainian military-industrial conglomerate, in which Ukrainians are a tool being used to fight Russia

Which would not a problem if russia didnt decide to attack a sovereign country for no reason.
Go home and stop attacking other countries and literally all your problems with being "threatened" by other countries goes away instantly.