MOSCOW, Apr 7 The Ukrainian draft agreement with Russia shows a departure from the provisions fixed by the negotiators two countries in Istanbul, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. «Yesterday, the Ukrainian side submitted to the negotiating group its draft agreement, which is a departure from the most important provisions recorded at the meeting in Istanbul on March 29,» the head of the department said.
April 5, 20:08 Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPRThe West is trying to disrupt the negotiations with hysteria around Bucha, Lavrov saidAccording to him, Kyiv's plan to put forward new preconditions in the negotiations is unacceptable. In addition, Lavrov said that Ukraine changed the regulation on conducting military exercises, not mentioning the need to obtain the consent of the Russian authorities. At the same time, the Istanbul Document explicitly states that «in the context of a neutral, non-bloc, non-nuclear status, any military exercises involving foreign contingents are held only with the consent of all guarantor states, including Russia.» In addition, according to the diplomat, Ukraine previously pledged that security guarantees will not apply to Crimea and Sevastopol, while the new version of the document proposes «vague language about some effective control as of February 23.» a departure from the understandings reached. The Kyiv regime is controlled by Washington and its allies, who are pushing President Zelensky to continue hostilities,» the Russian minister added. demilitarization operation and denazification of Ukraine. 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.» As stated by the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and troops, and by March 25 they had completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Russian-Ukrainian negotiations started on February 28 and are held both in the format of face-to-face meetings and via videoconference. Another face-to-face round took place last week in Istanbul.
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