By South Front

Negotiations between Moscow and Washington are continuing behind closed doors. The general directions of the talks have been released but neither side is going into the details of the discussions. Their meetings continue despite the provocations of the bellicose pro-Kiev coalition. The further the negotiations progress, the more possible the settlement of the international conflict raging on the Ukrainian steppes is shaped. Suspension of hostilities on the front-lines is only a small but decisive part of the peace settlement.

Moscow has always been open for negotiations and the Kremlin is set on finding the road to fair international stability – a new security system that should meet the interests of the Russian Federation and recognise its role as one of the global leaders. Russia favours resolving the conflict by peaceful means, but on the condition that its root causes are eliminated.

Moscow has learned the lesson after numerous failed attempts of the Western globalists to pull the wool over their eyes with bogus peace plans that come to nothing. Russia no longer trusts its so-called Western partners. Russian President Vladimir Putin summed up that Russia is ready to work with Europe on a Ukrainian peace settlement, but they are still “trying to string Moscow along”.

Ignoring the ostentatious drilling of European troops for the march to the east, Moscow has designated one of the acceptable roads to peace in Ukraine. On 27th March President Putin made an unprecedented statement. For the first time since the beginning of military operations in Ukraine, Russia proposed to put Ukraine under temporary international governance under the auspices of the United Nations.

Civil authorities in Ukraine are not legitimate. This has led to neo-Nazi forces gaining real power in the country. Putin believes that as one of the options, the external governance led by the UN would allow it to hold elections and “bring a competent government trusted by the people to power”. Then, Russia could begin negotiations on a peace treaty and the establishment of “reliable, stable and recognised worldwide” agreements.

The current Kiev regime has been demonstrating its intractability for more than a decade. Now the Ukrainian military continues daily attacks on the energy infrastructure. On 28th March Ukrainian forces again struck the Sudzha gas measuring station, while at night, their drones targeted energy facilities in the Saratov and Belgorod regions.

Zelensky expresses his concern that the Russian military is preparing for a new large-scale offensive on the Sumy, Kharkov and Zaporizhie regions. But Moscow is looking for peace on its Western border.