They confirmed that the occupiers hope for success in Donbass.
Adviser to the head of the OP Mykhailo Podoliak said that < The bombing and siege of Mariupol only complicated the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia. He said this in an interview with Reuters.
“Obviously, against the background of the Mariupol tragedy, the negotiation process has become even more complicated,” Podoliak said.
He also added that Russia hopes that the battle for Donbas will strengthen the position of the Russian delegation in the talks. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba notes that the issue of ending the war was not going to be negotiated.
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We will remind, on April 16 the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the destruction of Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol would put an end to negotiations with Russia. He said the situation in the city could be “like ten Bearded women.”
Earlier it was reported that Russian occupiers deported almost 140,000 people from Mariupol . The aggressor is deliberately blocking the humanitarian corridors offered to Ukraine: he does not confirm the regime of silence, shoots or does not allow vehicles, does not allow to deliver food, water and medicine to the city. And what Russia presents as an evacuation is in fact a forced deportation and abduction of Ukrainians.
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