Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the Gomel region. Archival photoMOSCOW, March 28 Representative of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with the Russian Federation, People's Deputy Rustem Umerov denied earlier information about his poisoning.»Commenting in advance on the message of dubious «media»: I'm fine… Please do not trust unverified sources of information,» he wrote on his Facebook page*. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the death of a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with the Russian Federation, Denis Kireev, whose murder was allegedly reported by the SBU earlier. 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 and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist. Russian-Ukrainian talks will be held in person on March 29-30
