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{{See also|2022 Istanbul peace negotiations}}

{{See also|2022 Istanbul peace negotiations}}

[[File:Berliner Zeitung 10-20-23.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'' How the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia failed.''<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsWithJingjing/comments/17ds1kp/the_only_ones_who_could_settle_the_war_against/ The only ones who could settle the war against Ukraine are the Americans].</ref>]]

[[File:Berliner Zeitung 10-20-23.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'' How the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia failed.''<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsWithJingjing/comments/17ds1kp/the_only_ones_who_could_settle_the_war_against/ The only ones who could settle the war against Ukraine are the Americans].</ref>]]

In early March 2022, Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] contacted not only [[Israel]]i [[Prime Minister]] [[Naftali Bennett]], but also former [[German]] Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] and asked him to use his close personal ties to Russian Federation President [[Vladimir Putin]] to mediate between [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]] in hope of finding ways to end the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] quickly.<ref>[https://youtu.be/qK9tLDeWBzs?t=9379 Bennett speaks out נפתלי בנט] | Naftali Bennett. Feb 4, 2023, YouTube; cf. also ARD of 17.2.23 and Tagesspiegel of 10.2.23.</ref> In an interview published in the weekly edition of the ''Berliner Zeitung'' on October 21/22 2023, Schröder spoke publicly for the first time about his role in the efforts that led to the peace negotiations in Istanbul on March 29, 2022. Like Bennet, also he came to the conclusion that the reason why these peace negotiations were abandoned was because the [[American]]s obstructed them. He said: “At the peace negotiations in March 2022 in [[Istanbul]] with Rustem Umerov (then security advisor to [[Zelensky]], now Ukrainian defense minister), the Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not allowed to. They first had to ask the Americans about everything they discussed,” and continued: “But at the end (of the peace negotiations) nothing happened. My impression was that nothing could happen because everything else was decided in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]. That was fatal.”<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsWithJingjing/comments/17ds1kp/the_only_ones_who_could_settle_the_war_against/ “Naftali Bennett wanted peace between Ukraine and Russia: who blocked?] Israeli ex-premier spoke for the first time about his negotiations with Putin and Zelensky. The ceasefire was reportedly within reach.” (Berliner Zeitung, Feb. 06, 2023).</ref>

In early March 2022, Ukrainian [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] contacted not only [[Israel]]i [[Prime Minister]] [[Naftali Bennett]], but also former [[German]] Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] and asked him to use his close personal ties to Russian Federation President [[Vladimir Putin]] to mediate between [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]] in hope of finding ways to end the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] quickly.<ref>[https://youtu.be/qK9tLDeWBzs?t=9379 Bennett speaks out נפתלי בנט] | Naftali Bennett. Feb 4, 2023, YouTube; cf. also ARD of 17.2.23 and Tagesspiegel of 10.2.23.</ref> In an interview published in the weekly edition of the ''Berliner Zeitung'' on October 21/22 2023, Schröder spoke publicly for the first time about his role in the efforts that led to the peace negotiations in Istanbul on March 29, 2022. Like Bennet, also he came to the conclusion that the reason why these peace negotiations were abandoned was because the [[American]]s obstructed them. He said: “At the peace negotiations in March 2022 in [[Istanbul]] with Rustem Umerov (then security advisor to [[Zelensky]], now Ukrainian defense minister), the Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not allowed to. They first had to ask the Americans about everything they discussed,” and continued: “But at the end (of the peace negotiations) nothing happened. My impression was that nothing could happen because everything else was decided in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]. That was fatal.”<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsWithJingjing/comments/17ds1kp/the_only_ones_who_could_settle_the_war_against/ “Naftali Bennett wanted peace between Ukraine and Russia: who blocked?] Israeli ex-premier spoke for the first time about his negotiations with Putin and Zelensky. The [[ceasefire]] was reportedly within reach.” (Berliner Zeitung, Feb. 06, 2023).</ref>

In an interview with the ''Berliner Zeitung'' former German Chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] explained how the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia failed:

In an interview with the ''Berliner Zeitung'' former German Chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] explained how the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia failed: