Her his uncompromising attitude in Ukrainian he demonstrates once more the Kremlin with a barrage of statements about the Peace Conference in Burgenstock, Switzerland. It is indicative that Moscow speaks of a “dead end”.

“Russia will not send any message to the participants of the Swiss summit on Ukraine and hopes that next time the conflict will be discussed in a more constructive conference,” the Kremlin spokesman told TASS Dmitry Peskov.

“We don’t want to convey anything to them… We want to meet next time in a more focused and promising conference,” the Kremlin official said.

It is noted that Bern has invited more from 160 agencies, including those of the G7, G20 and BRICS. Russia has not been invited, while China chose not to participate in the Conference.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented that the holding of this session is one “road to nowhere” and Moscow does not see that the West wants to enter into fair negotiations. At the same time, Moscow maintains that it has repeatedly stressed that it has “never refused to settle the conflict with Kiev through peace talks”, but the Russian offer of capitulation by Vladimir Putin is leading to a stalemate as provides for the concession of Ukrainian territories and non-adherence of Ukraine to NATO.

For her part, the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova criticized the new US aid package to Ukraine announced by Kamala Harris during her meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Conference.

“U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the allocation of $1.5 billion to Ukraine for humanitarian and energy projects. Are the demolition of Pushkin monuments, the replacement of the native Russian language with English, and the mockery of the memory of anti-fascist fighters humanitarian works? And the energy – the bombing of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant?” says Maria Zakharova in her post on Telegram.

Zelensky hopes for a just peace as soon as possible

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope that “a just peace will be reached as soon as possible” at the start of the first peace summit in Ukraine.

“Everything agreed (at this summit) will be part of the process of restoring peace that we all need,” Zelensky said, adding: “We will see history being made during this summit.”

Message of support to Kyiv from Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Message of support to Ukraine and in achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, in accordance with International Law and the Charter of the United Nationsconstitutes the participation of the Prime Minister – as well as the majority of EU heads of state and government. – at Conference on Peace in Ukraine taking place today 15 and tomorrow 16 June, government sources say.

The aim of the Conference, which is co-organized by Switzerland and Ukraine and picks up the thread from corresponding discussions and meetings that have already taken place in the previous months, is the dialogue on ways to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with International Law, promoting a common understanding of the framework for achieving this goal and defining a road map for the engagement of both parties in a future peace process.

The Conference focuses on three themes: a) food security and freedom of navigation, b) nuclear security c) human dimension (release of prisoners of war and abducted children), which are based on the “Peace Formula” (ten-point plan) presented by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ton November 2022.