(Finance) – Western countries persuade Russia for the cease-fire. In the morning the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholzthe Russian president urged, Vladimir Putin, to a ceasefire “as soon as possible” in Ukraine, rejecting the accusations of the Kremlin leader on the “spread of Nazism” in the country. The two leaders had a telephone conversation that lasted 75 according to a note from Berlin, in which Sholz reminded the Russian president of Moscow’s “special responsibility” for thesupplying food world“particularly under pressure from the war” in Ukraine.
In the afternoon it was the turn of the head of the pentagon Lloyd Austin who, again through a telephone conversation, had the opportunity to speak with the Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu. Also in this case the message – as reported by the Pentagon – was of a rapid ceasefire in Ukraine to allow for a negotiation between the parties. Austin also stressed the importance of preserving communication channels. This is the first call between the two since the start of the war in Ukraine.
The High Representative for EU foreign policy is pessimistic, Josep Borrell. According to Borrell, in fact, the path diplomatic to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine “there is no”, not because the partners do not want it but because Putin was “crystal clear”: “he does not want to stop the war because he has targets military and until he reaches them he will continue to fight, he told anyone who spoke to him “, he underlined on the sidelines of the G7.
In the meantime, contacts on the embargo to the petrolium Russian included in the sixth package of sanctions announced several days ago. However, the situation remains that of the impasse and the solution does not appear close. Over the weekend the contacts will continue, but one hypothesis is no longer excluded: that of unpacking the sixth round of measures, leaving the entry into force of the stop on crude oil at a later time, even if this hypothesis does not appeal to all member states .