NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends NATO Defense Ministers' Roundtable in BrusselsWASHINGTON, Feb 27< /strong> NATO has supported the political resolution of the Ukrainian conflict throughout the entire period of its development, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, commenting on the planned talks between Ukraine and Russia in the Gomel region. Vladimir Medinsky. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted that this was preceded by a telephone conversation between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Zelensky.The Ukrainian ambassador called Kyiv's possible «first condition» in the talks «I have full confidence in President (Vladimir) Zelensky and his assessment of how useful these negotiations will be in finding a political solution to the conflict. NATO has supported the search for a political solution all this time,» Stoltenberg said in an interview with CNN. At the same time, he added that he still cannot judge how ready Russia is for a dialogue with Ukraine on the principles of goodwill and respect for the territorial integrity of this country. Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine early on Thursday morning, February 24 . In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action from us, the people’s republics of Donbass have asked for help.” According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. According to the department, the civilian population is not in danger.The development of the situation is in the online report >>
Slutsky spoke about the role of Lukashenka in Kyiv's consent to negotiationsPosted: Daria Buimova
