Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyKYIV, Feb 16President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian military is monitoring the situation on the border with Russia, where there is an accumulation of troops, and so far does not see their withdrawal. «The situation is controlled by our military, we do not see changes now, we see a large accumulation of troops, which does not change in recent weeks, we have been seeing certain small rotations. Today, I would not call these rotations a withdrawal of troops from the Russian Federation. We cannot state … to state a withdrawal (it is possible) will be when this happens and there will be some short period in the reduction these groups and equipment on certain sections of the border,» Zelensky said during the inclusion from Mariupol as part of the UATogether unity marathon. He noted that the diplomatic efforts made by Kiev and international partners have yielded results, although it is too early to say about the de-escalation of the situation by the Russian Federation.» The joint pressure of diplomacy worked, I can’t say that it’s 100%, I want to believe that the diploma is about something separately Atiya without us did not agree with Russia. I want to believe it. Although we understand that there are different signals, now is not the time to simply believe in the signals. We need proof. But we are not afraid of even those small agreements that may be behind our backs, because most of the leaders of the world support our position,» Zelensky said. Ot did not rule out that some leaders are trying to negotiate with Russia behind Ukraine's back.
Zelensky approved a strategy that declares «threats» from Russia»As for Ukraine, the center of all decision-making is Ukraine and Ukrainian society. I cannot say for 100 percent that certain leaders do not conduct their conversations with the Russian Federation and about what — they don’t think about the future, about their participation in the future, someone wants to please someone, there can be many reasons. But all decisions on Ukraine are made in Ukraine,» Zelensky said. Western states have recently expressed concern about connection with the allegedly dangerous actions of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Unsubstantiated allegations that Russia is preparing provocations continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. in the West develops according to the prescribed scenario, Gavrilov said
