National flags of Ukraine and Russia MOSCOW, February 27 Volodymyr Zelensky's representative at the Constitutional Court Fyodor Venislavsky claims that negotiations between the delegations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine have begun, according to the Ukrainian agency UNIAN. Earlier, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said that Ukraine agreed on negotiations in the Gomel region, the Russian delegation went there. 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 Zelensky. peace will be the result of negotiations with Russia»Negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation have started — Venislavsky,» the agency writes. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which had declared independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early in the morning on 24 February Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics asked for help. According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Kyiv. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces are not inflicting any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled with high-precision weapons. Zelensky's decision on negotiations with RussiaPosted by: Sevastian Kotov
