BBC Live: Kremlin quashes fresh hopes of diplomatic solution

[inanna]

Posted at 5:38
Steve Rosenberg
BBC Moscow Correspondent

For a short while, the flurry of telephone diplomacy had raised hopes for a negotiated resolution to this crisis.

Both the White House and France's Élysée Palace had indicated that a US-Russia summit had been agreed, in principle, conditional to no Russian military escalation in Ukraine.

But the Kremlin has poured cold water on such suggestions.

It says there are “no concrete plans” for Presidents Putin and Biden to meet. For now, diplomacy would continue on the level of foreign ministers, not heads of state.

The Kremlin also announced that today President Putin would chair an unscheduled meeting of Russia’s powerful security council. Tensions over Ukraine will almost certainly top the agenda.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60454795

[Lovie777]

1. It's still on the table . .....

[msfiddlestix]

2. That's unfortunate news

That psychopath Putin is certainly enjoying the limelight right now.

i hope we have aces up our sleeve to nail this bastard.

[inanna]

3. Hoped the news would be better this am...

Let's hope cooler heads will prevail.

This is terrifying to watch unfold.

[Irish_Dem]

8. I think Putin is enjoying the limelight, control, power, etc.

He is also enjoying terrorizing and frightening the world.

Toying with his prey until he pounces?
Or negotiating for the best deal?

[msfiddlestix]

9. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[Walleye]

4. Putin has smelled blood and he's in a feeding frenzy. Traitors in America are supporting him

[C_U_L8R]

5. The blood he smells may be his own.

There is no good outcome for Putin or Russia.

[Walleye]

7. That convinces me that he has become irrational

[dalton99a]

6. +1