Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation — Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. Archive photoMOSCOW, March 28Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul are unlikely to start on Monday — they are expected to start on March 29, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told reporters. will continue. Today, indeed, delegations are leaving for Turkey. But we expect that tomorrow this could theoretically happen,» Peskov said. will resume «today or tomorrow,» Lavrov said 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.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR forces are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Kuleba. At the moment, the negotiators continue to contact via videoconferencing. The Russian delegation, as in face-to-face meetings, is headed by Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky.
