Ukrainian President Zelenskiy: I hope Putin holds talks.
"I want to speak out again to the President of Russia. War has swept through ukraine. Let's sit at the negotiating table and stop people from dying. ”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that as long as ukrainian soldiers lay down their weapons, Russia is ready to negotiate on Ukraine. Lavrov noted that Zelenskiy was lying when he said he was ready to discuss Ukraine's neutrality. Zelenskiy himself missed the opportunity to negotiate on security issues, so don't take a rake now.
Recently, the situation in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine has intensified. The Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, which declared themselves in 2014, requested Recognition by Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree recognizing the two countries on February 21, in which he instructed the Russian armed forces to perform peacekeeping functions in the territory of the two countries before the signing of the bilateral treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. On the morning of February 24, Putin announced his decision to take special military action against Ukraine. Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said the goal of Russia's special military operations was to militarize Ukraine.
