Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoMOSCOW, May 14.The United States is pushing Russia to negotiate with Ukraine, but on the condition that hostilities cease, said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov. «The Americans, in principle, are pushing us to negotiate from all sides , but under certain conditions, and I would name three such conditions. Firstly, to stop hostilities during a special military operation. Secondly, to withdraw our troops behind the line until February 24 of this year. And thirdly, «to repent for everything they have done «, — he said on the air of Solovyov Live. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» 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 they strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they 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.
