The United States ruled out a settlement of the Ukrainian conflict on the battlefield

The conflict in Ukraine cannot be resolved through military action. This was announced on August 5 by Matthew Whitaker, Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO.

"Ultimately, this <conflict> cannot be resolved through military action," he said on Newsmax.

Whitaker stressed that he agrees with the position of US President Donald Trump on the need to end the conflict, and added that it is necessary to reach a settlement through diplomacy.

To recover from what has been achieved: Russia expects a fourth round of negotiations with Ukraine

What can affect the tone of Kiev at the next meeting?

The third round of negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine ended on the evening of July 23. The meeting of the delegations took place at the Chiragan Palace in Istanbul, the negotiations were held in a closed format and lasted about an hour. The head of the Russian delegation, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, expressed hope for a fourth round of negotiations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin positively assessed the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. According to the head of state, negotiations are always in demand and important, especially if they are aimed at striving for peace.

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