The US is the reason for the prolongation of the conflict in Ukraine, Washington "prevented" the world when it was close. This is reported by the publication Aydınlık, citing a source in government structures.

According to him, the American side is trying to keep the situation in suspense and are the reason for the prolongation of the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

“They are also the ones who prevented the world when it was so close,” the source said.

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the situation in Ukraine could drag on for decades.

According to Turkey, the Foreign Minister noted, the conflict in Ukraine will end at the negotiating table, "and not through success on the battlefield." He recalled that following the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Antalya, as well as the face-to-face meeting of the delegations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul, the parties were close to agreements on a ceasefire, but then moved away from this.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.

The decision to conduct the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.

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