Israeli Prime Minister Naftali BennetMOSCOW, Mar 7 National Security Advisor, Head of Council National Security Council (NSC) of Israel Eyal Hulata informed his American counterpart Jake Sullivan about Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's conversations with Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Axios writes. spoke with Zelensky once a day. On the evening of the same day, as reported by the Kremlin press service, Bennett and Putin continued to exchange views on the situation in Ukraine, including taking into account the recent contacts of the Israeli prime minister with foreign colleagues. According to Axios, Bennett Hulata's adviser had conversations with Sullivan on Saturday and Sunday. «Bennett informs the administration of (U.S. President Joe — ed.) Biden about negotiations with Putin and Zelensky,» the portal said in a statement. 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 Russian President emphasized.
