Russia, UK Announce Need for ‘Peaceful Resolution’ on Ukraine – Opinion

According to Downing Street, UK, and Russian leaders have agreed on a need for ‘peaceful resolution’ over Ukraine. That seems like they’ve made some significant move there and we’ll have to wait for more to come out, but it certainly sounds positive.

#BREAKING UK, Russian leaders agree on need for ‘peaceful resolution’ over Ukraine: Downing Street pic.twitter.com/rk17HALtt2

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 2, 2022

This would make a significant difference, considering the presence of more than 100,000 Russian soldiers at Ukraine’s border.

AFP is reporting that France’s President Emmanuel Macron could go to Russia for further discussions.

In a scoop at Axios, Israel is also reporting they don’t think this is going to escalate to war. According to Barak Ravid, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told him, “At the moment, the [Israeli] assessment is that we don’t see a violent confrontation soon. I also don’t think a world war is about to start there.”

Meanwhile, that doesn’t seem completely in sync with the actions of the United States. Joe Biden just authorized sending nearly 3,000 extra troopsPoland and Romania are to strengthen Eastern European NATO allies.

Ukraine says that the only way to deescalate tension is by withdrawing troops.

“This is going to be a major war in Europe.”

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy says only the withdrawal of Russian troops could de-escalate tensions https://t.co/ygw4992NCI pic.twitter.com/iTq6DMTbmp

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) February 2, 2022

RedState will keep you updated as more information becomes available. This is an urgent story.