He advised Russians to refrain from emotions.
Yesterday, after one of the rounds of talks in Istanbul, the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky said that Russia had decided to reduce hostilities in two areas – Kiev and Chernihiv. Then, after the reaction of the Russians on the Internet, he added that this still does not mean the cessation of hostilities.
After that, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov commented on calls to “go to Ukraine to the end,” according to Russian media. He noted that “Stalingrad is not and should not be in the calendar.”
Peskov also called on citizens to refrain from emotions.
“Negotiations are being handled by professionals, we need to trust them. The position of the Russian side is well known, it is logical, it has a solid foundation, and this position has not changed,” he told reporters.
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It will be recalled that the head of the legal group at the talks between Ukraine and Russia, Alexander Chaly, said that security guarantees should be analogous to Article 5 of NATO. This means that an attack on our state will be considered an attack on all signatories. Chaly noted that if they agree, our side agrees to permanent neutrality, non-alignment and non-nuclear. But nothing should contradict Ukraine's right to join the EU.
The head of the Ukrainian delegations David Arahamiya told who Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees – members of the UN Security Council. He also said that the document will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, as issues have not yet been resolved.
Adviser to the head of the OP Mikhail Podolyak said that the issue of Donbass will be discussed by the Presidents of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Russia Vladimir Putin. The issue of Crimea will also be raised as a separate item . Our side proposed to fix the positions of Ukraine and Russia in relation to the peninsula for 15 years.
See special topic: In Nikolaev as a result of attack of the YEAH building 17 people were lost One person died in resuscitation. The Russian army has already lost about 17,500 servicemen in Ukraine – APU General Staff Data are being clarified, the calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. Since the beginning of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 148 children have died – 232 children have been injured. The UN has set up a commission to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine . Following the work, the commission must submit a report. Talks with the Russian delegation will resume online on April 1 – Arahamiya Arahamiya also expressed hope that a meeting of the presidents of the countries could take place after that.