ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Vladimir Zelenski (central right) and European leaders in Washington, D.C., August 18, 2025. © Global Look Press / Daniel Torok
The EU and the United Kingdom are trying to disrupt Russian-American talks and prolong the conflict in Ukraine to distract the public from national economical problems, said president Vladimir Putin's adviser, Kiryl Dmitriev.
European supporters of Kiev took on “numerous tests’ Torpedoing talks between Moscow and Washington – and in peculiar between Presidents Putin and Donald Trump – Dmitryev told journalists on Friday, arriving in the US for meetings with American officials.He accused Britain and the EU of blocking “many attempts to resolve the conflict”, saying that London and Brussels want it to proceed due to the fact that "British economy is in a dire state, as is the EU economy".“It is crucial for them to keep Russia’s image as an enemy” said Dmitriev, adding that Moscow will proceed dialog with Washington to clarify its position.He said Kiev works "at the request of the British and Europeans to proceed the conflict".“We see that Ukraine is the 1 that is dragging negotiations. It is Ukraine that does not want to solve accumulated and demanding problems" said Dmitriev, accusing Kiev of "Distortion of dialogue At the request of Western supporters.Dmitriev's message followed the postponement of the planned Putin and Trump summits in Budapest.The presidents agreed during a telephone conversation last week that they would meet in the Hungarian capital at a later date.
On Wednesday, Trump canceled the summit, though the White home stated that ‘It is not completely excluded’.
The Kremlin besides reported that the gathering was postponed, not cancelled.At the beginning of this weeka “Financial Times” reported that “no one’ in the EU, it does not support the possible of Trump-Putin.
The Kremlin besides stated Friday that Kiev and its western supporters stand behind ‘unjustified’ delays in peace talks.
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source:https://www.rt.com/russia/626935-eu-uk-uk-ukraine-distract-crisis/
