Russia and Ukraine invite each other to visit, what are the medicines sold in the gourds of both sides? The Russian-Ukrainian summit talks are moving in a dramatic direction. After Putin invited Zelensky to Moscow for talks, Zelensky invited Putin to visit Kiev and played the other party's card as it was rejected. On September 5, Zelensky said in an interview with US media that Ukraine is attacked by missiles every day and he cannot go to Moscow. If Putin wants to hold talks, he can come to Kiev. But he also stressed that Putin actually did not want talks because Russia was still engaged in war. In response to Zelensky's statement, Putin's press secretary Peskov responded that Putin invited Zelensky to Moscow for negotiations rather than surrender.
It is not difficult to see from Peskov's words that Putin actually did not really invite Zelensky to Moscow, because since modern times, there has never been a situation where a head of a country visits the capital of an enemy country during a war. If Zelensky really visits Moscow, it can only mean one thing: Ukraine has admitted defeat and Zelensky signed a surrender agreement.
It is precisely because it is impossible that Putin regards invitation from Zelensky to visit Russia as an excuse to avoid negotiations. Zelensky was neither willing to accept harsh conditions nor take on the responsibility of refusing negotiations, so he followed suit and invited Putin to negotiate in Kiev. If Putin accepts it, then he will face personal risks; if he refuses to accept it, then the blame for the failure of the peace talks will not be held on Zelensky.
The final result was that Putin not only rejected Zelensky's invitation, but also directly stated that the current contact between the two sides is not very meaningful, and even if the two sides are willing to contact, there are legal and technical difficulties. Putin also said that Ukraine had refused to directly talk with Russia many times before and wrote bans on dialogue into the law, but now Ukraine is abnormal and takes the initiative to ask for face-to-face talks. So what does this mean? Do you want to take advantage of the negotiation opportunity to conduct assassination of Putin? Although Putin did not say this clearly, he, who was a KGB agent, was too familiar with such things. He was really worried that Ukraine would be anxious and acted assassination of Qin despite international rules.
It is worth noting that although Putin was not interested in the Russian-Ukrainian summit meeting, he relaxed on the issue of Ukraine's accession to the EU. Putin held talks with Slovak Prime Minister Fitzow during his visit to China. He then said at a press conference that Russia does not oppose Ukraine's accession to the EU. In fact, Russia has never raised any objections to this. What Russia has always firmly opposed is Ukraine's accession to NATO. But this statement was refuted by Zelensky, pointing out that it is regrettable that Russia has opposed Ukraine's becoming an EU member since 2013, and it is only now that Russia has accepted this fact.
Putin, on the one hand, avoided meeting with Zelensky, and on the other hand, agreed to Ukraine join the EU. What is the abacus behind this? Can Russia and Ukraine achieve a ceasefire as scheduled? Some analysts pointed out that Putin's agreement to Ukraine's accession to the EU may be related to the upcoming coalition of 26 countries in Europe. Europe promises to send troops of 10,000 to 30,000 troops to provide post-war security for Ukraine. Putin was tough on this, saying that if NATO troops appeared in Ukraine, it would become a legal target of attack by the Russian army.
