Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the Gomel region. File photoHAVANA, Mar 1Cuba supports talks between Russia and Ukraine as a way to resolve the conflict in Eastern Europe, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla tweeted.
"Welcome to start negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. We believe that this is the only way to resolve the current conflict", the politician said.
On Monday, negotiations were held between the delegations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the territory of Belarus. The Russian delegation is headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky's office said that «the key issue of the talks is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine.» The countries discussed the possibility of holding a second round of talks in the near future, adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky said during negotiations that lasted more than five hours , the delegations considered in detail all the issues on the bilateral agenda, and several «common ground» was found.Slutsky named the main outcome of negotiations with UkraineAccording to the Cuban minister, Cuba is committed to the principles of international humanitarian law and calls on all parties to protect the civilian population, its property and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Eugenio Martinez Enriquez, Director General of the Cuban Foreign Ministry for Latin America and the Caribbean, noted in his blog that «it is necessary to see the factors that led to the use of force and non-compliance with legal principles and international norms.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.»Zelensky spoke about the results of negotiations with Russia. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at nothing threatens the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. On Monday morning, more than 1.1 thousand objects were hit: airfields, command posts, radar stations, and so on. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) nuclear power plants was taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, water supply to the Crimea was restored. from the west. A detailed map of the regions of Ukraine in which the Russian military operates, however, has not yet been officially published. The RF Armed Forces have achieved air supremacy over the whole of Ukraine. According to the RF Ministry of Defense, there are dead and wounded among the Russian troops, but the losses among the Ukrainian troops and nationalists are many times higher. Exact figures have not yet been released. The Russian military department reports a number of cases of voluntary laying down of arms by Ukrainian troops — they are guaranteed safety and return to their families. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian security forces are deploying multiple rocket launchers right in the residential areas of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. Putin called it a terrorist tactic.See the online report for developments >>
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Published: N. Stoma