Putin Made 'Mistake' Sending 'Low-Level' Team to Ukraine Talks: NATO Chief

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte criticizes the Russian delegation. Putin has increased the pressure on himself with his personnel election, the "ball is now clearly in his playing field".

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluccas says that by sending a low-ranking Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine that began on Friday, Vladimir Putin clearly shows that he does not wish to participate in any peace process.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake" by sending a team of "the second rank" to participate in negotiations with Ukraine in Turkey, reports AFP, taken by news.ro.

Putin ‘made big mistake by sending low-level delegation’ - NATO chief

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, on Friday, criticised Russian President, Vladimir Putin, for not travelling to Turkey to meet with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. “He knows extremely well that the ball is in his court, that he is in trouble,” Rutte said, arriving at a meeting of European leaders in Tirana. “He made a big […] The post Putin ‘made big mistake by sending low-level delegation’ – NATO chief appeared first on Freedom Onli…

Mark Rutte assessed that the pressure on the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia is currently on Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump, in turn, argues that he must first meet with the Russian leader.

The dictator now knows that the ball is on his field.