President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy MOSCOW, Jan 3 Conversation between Presidents of the United States and Ukraine Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky was not about the content, but about the form of support for the Ukrainian side, Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, told RIA Novosti, according to whom Kiev was primarily looking for opportunities for direct negotiations with Moscow. Biden and Zelensky held a telephone conversation in which The American leader announced the readiness of Washington and its allies to give a «decisive response» if the situation on the Ukrainian border deteriorates, White House spokesman Jen Psaki said. />The authorities on their knees asked Biden to call Zelensky, said in Ukraine «This conversation is not about content, but about form. It seems that Ukraine consciously and voluntarily creates a vicious circle, because today, in my opinion, after the conversation between Putin and Biden, it seems that Biden became even more convinced that Russia was not going to attack Ukraine, «Shkhagoshev emphasized. The politician believes that Zelensky's biggest problem is not military escalation on the borders with Ukraine, but nationalist sentiments,» with which Kiev cannot «If Zelensky really wants stability for his country, he should talk specifically with the Russian Federation, with the people of Russia and directly with Putin,» he added. Answering the question why Washington continues to sanction rhetoric against Russia even on the eve of meetings with US and NATO, the parliamentarian said that this was just «talk» continuing only because Biden had already said about it and was forced to continue to speak in this vein. «Biden does not want to go down in history as a person who broke off relations with the Russian Federation, they will not agree to this — for the sake of Ukraine all the more, but they cannot stop talking about sanctions because once it was said,» — stated Shkhagoshev. 
In the New Year's address Zelensky saw a hint of an imminent war The Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup d'etat in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during the meetings of the contact group. However, even after the armistice agreements, shootings continued, and the DPR announced shelling of residential areas with Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev is not fulfilling the Minsk agreements and is dragging out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev has sent half of the entire personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. 
