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>they will avoid talking to EU The only thing the EU is saying is "Get out of the Ukraine and we maybe remove sanctions in some distant future if you behave".

by drysine 9mo ago

>they will avoid talking to EU The only thing the EU is saying is "Get out of the Ukraine and we maybe remove sanctions in some distant future if you behave". You may think that it is a right stance towards Russia but it leaves no place for talking and you can't put the blame for lack of talking on Russia. > EU Foreign Policy chief Kaja Kallas She's a rabid russophobe and was put into her position exactly for that reason.

general1465 9mo ago
The problem with "not talking to EU" is that it is the side keeping Ukraine funded and fighting. Russians keep talking to USA, which has increasingly smaller leverage to have influence on anything in the conflict. > She's a rabid russophobe and was put into her position exactly for that reason. Compared to Putin calling European leaders piglets. I don't think that next EU Foreign Policy chief will be much different. Thus it sounds more like an excuse not to engage with EU.
- drysine 9mo ago
  Here is yesterday's Euronews article[0] which quite clearly shows who doesn't want to engage. "Russian President Vladimir Putin should make tangible concessions before the European Union picks up the phone to re-establish direct communications, High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Thursday as more European leaders call for direct engagement with the Kremlin as part of the Russia-Ukraine peace process currently being brokered by the White House." "Instead of focusing on who should talk to Putin, Kallas added, European countries should devote their energy to further crippling his war machine" "The European Commission, a long-standing advocate of the strategy of diplomatic isolation, later admitted that direct talks will happen "at some point" but not yet." [0] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/29/putin-should-make-concessions-before-direct-talks-with-europe-says-kallas https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/29/putin-should-m...

by drysine 9mo ago

general1465 9mo ago

The problem with "not talking to EU" is that it is the side keeping Ukraine funded and fighting. Russians keep talking to USA, which has increasingly smaller leverage to have influence on anything in the conflict. > She's a rabid russophobe and was put into her position exactly for that reason. Compared to Putin calling European leaders piglets. I don't think that next EU Foreign Policy chief will be much different. Thus it sounds more like an excuse not to engage with EU.

drysine 9mo ago
Here is yesterday's Euronews article[0] which quite clearly shows who doesn't want to engage. "Russian President Vladimir Putin should make tangible concessions before the European Union picks up the phone to re-establish direct communications, High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Thursday as more European leaders call for direct engagement with the Kremlin as part of the Russia-Ukraine peace process currently being brokered by the White House." "Instead of focusing on who should talk to Putin, Kallas added, European countries should devote their energy to further crippling his war machine" "The European Commission, a long-standing advocate of the strategy of diplomatic isolation, later admitted that direct talks will happen "at some point" but not yet." [0] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/29/putin-should-make-concessions-before-direct-talks-with-europe-says-kallas https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/29/putin-should-m...