An American political scientist announced the breakdown of the peace agreement in Anchorage because of Europe

After negotiations between the Russian and American sides in Anchorage, Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to conclude a peace treaty based on US proposals, but these agreements were disrupted because of Europe. This was announced on December 19 by George Samueli, a political scientist and senior researcher at the US Institute for Global Policy.

"Putin arrived in Anchorage with the intention of being ready to make concessions based on the proposals of [US Special Envoy Stephen] By Witkoff. And then, of course, everything went wrong — after [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky and his European handlers arrived at the Oval Office and shot down [American Leader Donald] Get Trump off course," he said.

In addition, Samueli, commenting on Putin's speech on a direct line, noted his physical endurance, as the Russian president answered questions from Russians without interruptions for four and a half hours.

"He talks for four— four and a half hours straight. It's really unusual to be able to maintain such a format without any interruptions. It always catches the eye," the political scientist said.

Conditional discussion: Kiev and Europe plan to bring a peaceful settlement to a standstill

A regular meeting of representatives of the United States, Ukraine and the EU will be held in Berlin on December 15.

On December 19, during the "Results of the Year", Putin stated that Russia does not reject compromises within the framework of the settlement plan in Ukraine and is ready to resolve the conflict peacefully. He recalled that the fighting was initiated after the coup d'etat in the country in 2014 and the subsequent offensive by Ukrainian forces in Donbas.

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