By Dominic Waghorn, worldwide affairs editor
What occurred in yesterday’s peace talks ought to give Donald Trump pause for thought of Vladimir Putin’s intentions.
The message they introduced was blunt and belligerent, threatening everlasting struggle.
“We do not need struggle, however we’re able to struggle for a yr, two, three – nonetheless lengthy it takes,” lead Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky is reported to have mentioned.
“We fought Sweden for 21 years. How lengthy are you able to struggle?”
Removed from providing a compromise, they’re mentioned to have demanded the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the 4 areas they’ve partially seized by power and the capitulation of one other two, only for good measure.
And there was a chilling second when the Russians are reported to have threatened their interlocutors like gangsters.
“Perhaps a few of these sitting right here at this desk will lose extra of their family members,” one mentioned.
Russia is ready to struggle without end.
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