MOSCOW, 16 Jan. Russian President Vladimir Putin will agree to receive Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky only after he dismisses his Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and sends negotiators to the Donbass to recognize the authorities of the self-proclaimed republics as incapable of negotiating. This opinion was expressed on the Nash TV channel by the former head of the Investigation Department of the SBU, Major General Vasily Vovk. Russia, but we say: «We want to meet,» he said. According to Vovk, Zelensky's office should also send negotiators to the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, however, it is necessary to recognize them in advance as incapable of negotiating. action: went, talked, took a picture with them. He came with a certificate, wrote: «There is no one to talk to, they are finished,» the general said. there is a law on preventing people from being held accountable.» There are three to four million people there, are they all terrorists? We have a law on holding elections, but we don't know how to carry it out — let's talk. That's when, I think, Putin will adopt or meet him elsewhere,” concluded the former head of the SBU Investigation Department.In Ukraine, they complained about the advantage of Russia. Earlier, Zelensky repeatedly expressed his readiness to hold a personal meeting with Putin and discuss issues of resolving the conflict in Donbass. At the same time, the press secretary of the head of the Russian state, Dmitry Peskov, noted that Moscow had not received specific proposals from Kiev on a meeting between the leaders of the two countries. The Kremlin also emphasized that there is no clarity on the possible agenda of such negotiations yet. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, in turn, stated that the organization of direct negotiations between Putin and Zelensky is not in an active phase. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after a coup 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, among other things, during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict.
