Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba. File photoMOSCOW, May 25.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, commenting on Italy's plan for Ukraine, said that Kyiv welcomes any plans that do not include the creation of lines of contact and cession of territory, the rest can be discussed. La Repubblica in Rome reported last week that Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio handed over to UN Secretary General António Guterres a four-point peace plan in Ukraine. It provides for a ceasefire, the neutrality of Ukraine with international guarantees and the process of joining the EU, the development of a bilateral agreement between Kyiv and Moscow on territorial issues, as well as the signing of a new multilateral treaty on security in Europe. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing that in Moscow did not receive an Italian plan for a settlement in Ukraine, but the proposals published in the media are «so out of touch with reality that it is difficult to take them seriously.» «We welcome all types of plans that do not involve the creation of a new line of contact and concessions from Ukraine on territorial integrity and sovereignty over certain territories. We are ready to discuss everything else,» Kuleba said during a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos.In Crimea, they called the Italian plan for Ukraine nonsense. At the same time, he noted that Kyiv would not accept any plan that would provide for a «freeze of the current situation.» Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that the Kremlin had not yet seen Italy's proposals and hoped that this plan will be brought through diplomatic channels for review. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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.
