Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a briefing after talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Kiev MOSCOW, Feb 3 .President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at a briefing following a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the place for negotiations with Russia «does not matter» to him. His words were published by the RBC-Ukraine newspaper. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that if Zelensky wants to discuss the normalization of relations with Russia, then she is ready, and offered to come to Moscow, Sochi or St. Petersburg. In response, the head of Ukraine asked if he was invited to Sochi to «go skiing», and insisted on a meeting in Odessa.Zelensky’s serious blunder was pointed out in Ukraine “It doesn’t matter where exactly to end the war, it is important that everyone is sincerely ready for this,” Zelensky said at a meeting with Erdogan this Thursday. The Ukrainian leader thanked Erdogan for mediating the negotiations between Kiev and Moscow .The official representative of the Turkish leader, Ibrahim Kalin, said earlier that Erdogan invited the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Zelensky, to discuss and resolve differences. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later noted that no preparations were underway for a bilateral meeting. On Thursday, after talks in Kiev, the Turkish President reiterated the readiness to hold talks between the Russian and Ukrainian sides in Ankara. become part of Russia» In recent months, relations between Russia and the West have become even more tense. Washington and Brussels accuse Moscow of allegedly preparing an “invasion” of Ukraine and, against this background, are strengthening their presence in Eastern Europe. Russia rejects all claims and reminds that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements: the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated half of the army’s personnel near the line of contact and are shelling militias from banned weapons. The Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry have repeatedly indicated that the goal of the stuffing «about aggression» is to build up a foreign group near the Russian borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation is the actions of the United States and NATO, which are «pumping» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it towards military adventures. >American general urged Russia to make a concession on the issue of Ukraine
