They warned that the statements about the reduction of hostilities could only be an attempt to hide the real picture.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the United States has no evidence that Ukraine-Russia talks are advancing effectively, primarily because Washington sees no “signs of real seriousness” from Russia. CNN writes about this.
“There is what Russia is saying, and there is what Russia is doing. We are focusing on the latter,” Blinken said.
He also responded to a report of a reduction in fighting around Kiev , warning that in this way Moscow could try to “ distract and deceive people into thinking they are not doing what they are doing.”
“If they somehow believe that 'only' the eastern part of Ukraine and the southern part of Ukraine can succeed in trying to subjugate themselves, they are again deeply deceiving themselves,” Blinken said.
The US Secretary of State appealed to Russia to withdraw its troops, cease fire and continue negotiations.
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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: About 6,000 Ukrainians remain in boarding schools in the occupied territories – human rights activists have transferred the evacuation of people under state control to local administrations, which lack resources and authority. From the liberated Irpen began to take out the bodies of those killed by the occupiers – a volunteer Russians mined the bodies and put around the streamer. Ambassador Melnik reminded Germany of what Berlin can do for Ukraine's victory. Some German politicians have given our country 72 hours to confront Russia. In the “Action” registered 25 thousand Requests for compensation for destroyed housing: how to apply At least 63,000 people live in houses and apartments destroyed by the war. Russia's plans to seize all of Ukraine have failed – Britain's army chief Putin has underestimated the readiness of his own army and Ukrainians to repel the occupiers.
