The adviser to the president of Ukraine is visiting the United States to build relations with the administration of the incoming president Donald Trump, the media reports.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has discussed the president of Ukraine to Volodymyr Zelensky advisor Andrii Jerma too with, it is reported from the White House.
In the discussion, the improvement of Ukraine’s position in the war against Russia came up. In addition, they discussed the need to ensure that Ukraine enters the negotiations with Russia from a good position when the time comes.
According to the White House, a better position in the negotiations creates the basis for an agreement that guarantees an independent, independent and democratic Ukraine.
According to information from the US Wall Street Journal Jerma too The purpose of the visit to Washington is to build relations with the administration of incoming US President Donald Trump.
The WSJ also reported that the meetings were organized because Ukraine is preparing to negotiate peace with Russia.
Lavrov: Russia will resort to all means
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in turn has discussed the US media personality by Tucker Carlson with. In an interview published on Thursday, Lavrov told Carlson that he hopes Western countries are serious about using Russia’s new hypersonic missile against Ukraine.
Lavrov also warned that Russia is ready to resort to all possible means to defend itself.
The United States and its allies must understand that Russia is doing everything it can to avoid a strategic defeat, Lavrov states in the interview.
Two weeks ago, Russia fired a new hypersonic Oreshnik missile towards the city of Dnipro in Ukraine.
Since then, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use the weapon in question in attacks on the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, in retaliation for attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russian soil.
In the interview, Lavrov partly repeated the message he made at the OSCE meeting in Malta on Thursday, that Western countries do not listen to Moscow’s warnings.
– We hope that our message about the new Oreshnik weapon system will be taken seriously, Lavrov said.
Sources: Reuters, AFP