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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, now in its fifth year, has only intensified over time, fueled by the continuous military support from different parties, particularly NATO. The West has also implemented multiple rounds of sanctions against Russia, aiming to force its capitulation. However, these sanctions have not achieved their intended effect. Instead, the conflict persists.

俄乌冲突如今已进入第五个年头，随着各方持续提供军事支持，尤其是北约方面的支持，冲突局势不仅没有缓和，反而不断升级。与此同时，西方还对俄罗斯实施了多轮制裁，试图迫使俄方屈服。然而，这些制裁并未达到预期效果，冲突仍在持续。

As Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico rightly pointed out in a video address on Facebook on Saturday, the United States and its allies "naively believed that through Ukraine — and its full political, military and financial support — they could bring hated Russia to its knees". Fico's observation echoes the reality that instead of ending the crisis, the help extended to Ukraine has prolonged it.

正如斯洛伐克总理罗伯特·菲佐周六在脸书发布的视频讲话中指出的那样，美国及其盟友“天真地认为，通过乌克兰以及对乌克兰全面的政治、军事和财政支持，他们能够让他们所憎恨的俄罗斯屈服”。菲佐的这一看法反映出一个现实：对乌克兰的援助并未终结危机，反而延长了冲突。

The latest meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, at the Kremlin on Saturday, therefore, represented a critical moment for reassessing the strategies employed by the West.

因此，俄罗斯总统普京与美国特使史蒂夫·威特科夫、贾里德·库什纳周六在克里姆林宫举行的最新会谈，成为重新审视西方所采取战略的重要时刻。

The Kremlin announced that the talks were "substantive, constructive and extremely frank", during which Putin reaffirmed Russia's readiness to continue joint work with the US in search of political and diplomatic solutions to the crisis and once again emphasized the necessity of eliminating all root causes of the conflict.

克里姆林宫表示，此次会谈“具有实质性、建设性且极其坦诚”。会谈期间，普京重申俄罗斯愿继续与美国开展合作，寻求通过政治和外交方式解决危机，并再次强调，必须消除导致冲突产生的所有根本原因。

While any dialogue aimed at ending the conflict is to be welcomed, a genuine resolution that will pave the way to peace has to look beyond the immediate battlefield and address the deeper historical and geopolitical realities that have fueled this crisis.

任何旨在结束冲突的对话都值得欢迎。但真正能够开启和平进程的解决方案，必须超越眼前的战场局势，着眼于推动这场危机产生的更深层次历史和地缘政治现实。

From the Russian perspective, the Ukraine crisis is a culmination of