German national flag over the Bundestag building in Berlin. File photoBERLIN, Apr 6Berlin welcomes the continuation of the negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, is closely following their progress, and will support viable solutions, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the German Cabinet. Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to peace talks that could be organized with the participation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. «We have taken note of these reports. In principle, we see and welcome the fact that Ukraine and Russia continue to negotiate — very recently again, just yesterday — despite serious events in Bucha. The federal government is closely following the progress of the negotiations and will support viable solutions. But we have always stressed that an immediate ceasefire is urgently needed first of all to give the negotiations the necessary space,» the official said. Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities and the media circulated a video taken allegedly in city B teaching the Kiev region, where the bodies of the dead lie on the road. Many Internet users questioned the credibility of Kyiv's accusations against Moscow, noting that there was no blood near the bodies on the ground, and some of the dead had white armbands on their sleeves and could have been killed by Ukrainian security forces or territorial defense. Users also noticed that the «dead» move their hands, and when looking in the rear-view mirror of the operator's car, it seems that one of the «dead» changes position as soon as the car passes by.
Negotiations with Ukraine are viscous on the part of Kyiv, the Kremlin saidThe Russian Defense Ministry said that all photographs and video materials published by the Kiev regime, allegedly testifying to some kind of «crimes» by Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are «another provocation.» As noted in the military department, during the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. The ministry noted that all Russian units completely left Bucha on March 30, and exits from the city in the northern direction were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were shelled by Ukrainian troops around the clock from large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia categorically rejects any accusations of involvement in the deaths in Bucha and demands that international leaders not rush to sweeping accusations against Russia, but listen to Moscow's arguments. According to him, Russian diplomats will continue to promote the topic of the provocation in Bucha on the agenda of the UN Security Council.
