Senator Alexey Pushkov. Archival photoMOSCOW, 28 May. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, criticizing the statements of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about the need for negotiations with Russia, falls out of real time, Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
«Kissinger believes that on the basis of the neutral status of Ukraine, one can try to resolve the crisis. Zelensky, having no ideas on this score, seems to have dropped out of real time altogether,» the parliamentarian wrote. 
The French are outraged by Zelensky's behaviorHe is not aware of what is happening and the consequences of his actions for Ukraine, the senator summed up.Earlier, Kissinger during a speech at the forum in Davos called on the West to influence Ukraine to resume negotiations with Russia. Zelensky responded by saying that Kissinger still lives in the 20th century.
Russian-Ukrainian consultations began at the end of February: the delegations held two face-to-face meetings in Belarus, after which it was decided to continue them on a daily basis via videoconferencing. At the end of March, another round of negotiations took place in Istanbul. As a result, Vladimir Medinsky, presidential aide and head of the Russian delegation, said that Ukraine had submitted its written proposals on a future treaty, Moscow considers this a step forward, and in general, Kyiv, for the first time in many years, has demonstrated a desire to negotiate. The Russian side, in response, took two steps towards Ukraine. First, it was decided to significantly reduce hostilities in the Kiev and Chernigov directions. Secondly, Moscow suggested that the meeting between Putin and Zelensky be held simultaneously with the initialing of the treaty by the foreign ministers. Peacemaker «However, later Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine was refusing its own proposals and creating numerous provocations in order to slow down the negotiation process. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army strikes only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The main goal of the operation in the department was called the liberation of Donbass.