site.btaUS Ambassador to Bulgaria Merten Says Russian President Putin Has No Desire to Negotiate, Wants to Continue Aggression in Ukraine

US Ambassador to Bulgaria Kenneth Merten said Tuesday that Kremlin could stop the war in Ukraine as soon as tomorrow if it wishes, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has no desire to negotiate and wants to continue the aggression. Merten took part in а рound table on building institutional resilience against malign foreign influence in Sofia. The forum was organized by the Center for the Study of Democracy.