They treat us badly • Putin wants to continue talking about proposal Americans

Abroad reporter Wessel de Jong:

“The conversations in Jeddah, Saudi about the battle in Ukraine, have been in great silence. An American and Ukrainian top delegation has been in conversation with each other since this morning. Andrii Jermak, the most important member of the Ukrainian delegation, just announced via social media that the discussions” work “.

More striking this morning was the appearance of Jermak, the right hand of Zensky. Just like the president, he always appears in a mixture of civil and camouflage clothing. But in the hotel where the conversations are held, he was wearing a suit, with shirt and das.

This was a clear reference to the failed encounter in the White House on 28 February between President Trump and Zensky, where the Ukrainian president of a journalist was asked: “Don’t you have a suit?” Zensky has more often received comments on his clothing in Washington, because his army outfit would testify to a lack of respect for the hosts.

With his costume, Jermak says: I heard you and took the criticism to heart. With his clothing, he wants to radiate that Ukraine is faced with a maximum cooperative.

Attempt to restore tire

This is also how Ukraine specialist Bob Deen from the Clingendael Institute looks at the ongoing conversations: “This is primarily an attempt from Ukraine to restore the bond with the US and to retrieve the initiative with its own proposals for a partially cease-fire in the air and at sea. The hope that the Americans will share information again and send weapons. “

President Zensky is in Jeddah, but is not sitting at the table. According to Deen, that is “characteristic of the cooled relationship” between Washington and Kyiv.