Negotiations between Russia and UkraineWASHINGTON, March 7 Member of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with Russia, leader faction of the ruling Servant of the People party in the Verkhovna Rada, David Arakhamia said that he specially put on a baseball cap for negotiations and will continue to wear it. «In peacetime, I do not wear baseball caps. But since we must shake hands and follow a certain protocol, I decided to use a baseball cap to show a real attitude towards this country. And I will not stop using it until we achieve peace in accordance with the interests of Ukraine,» Arakhamia said on Fox News. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» 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 military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
