"As we wait for Zelenskyy, it's worth noting a cheeky social media post from Poland's outspoken foreign minister Radosaw Sikorski. He posted a video of his comments from a side event on Ukraine at Davos, in which he argued that you have to put pressure not on the victim of the aggression, but on the aggressor, and added this comment: The person to the left to whom I was giving side glances was Steve Witkoff. It is likely to be seen as a swipe at what central and eastern Europeans see as Witkoff's troubling willingness to accept Putin's explanations and his tendency to present both sides of the conflict as if they were equally responsible for the continuation of the war."
"In his comments for Bloomberg on Wednesday, Witkoff said: They're in a war and so they're shooting at each other. And we don't condone that. We think it's unfortunate. Witkoff is expected in Moscow today, and he told Bloomberg the Russians have invited us to come, and that's a significant statement from them. Everybody is embeded in the process and wants to see a peace deal happen, he claimed. He also claimed the US negotiators made more progress in the last six or seven weeks since Geneva than we have made, according to the Ukrainians now, than in the last three of four years."
Poland's foreign minister Radosaw Sikorski posted a video from a Davos side event arguing pressure should target aggressors, not victims, and singled out Steve Witkoff with a side glance. Central and eastern Europeans view Witkoff as willing to accept Putin's explanations and as presenting both sides as equally responsible for the war's continuation. Witkoff told Bloomberg that combatants are "shooting at each other," described the situation as unfortunate, and said Russians invited him to Moscow. He asserted broad involvement in negotiations and claimed recent US negotiator progress since Geneva exceeded progress of prior years. Zelenskyy's appearance at the forum was slightly delayed.
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