President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. File photoROME, Oct 19Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could have stopped the fighting on the territory of the former Soviet republic, Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the Forward Italy party and former prime minister, said at a meeting with deputies.< p>"The war that is being waged in Ukraine is a massacre of Ukrainian soldiers and citizens. If he said "I don't attack anymore", it would all be over", — said the politician.
He recalled that it is Kyiv that is responsible for the aggravation of the situation in the former Soviet republic. «It was like this: in 2014, an agreement was signed in Minsk between Ukraine and the two newly formed republics of Donbass on peace without attacks on each other. Ukraine throws this agreement away a year later go to hell and start an attack on the borders of the two republics,» Berlusconi said.The American presenter explained how the United States will take revenge on Musk because of Ukraine Speaking of Zelensky, the former Italian prime minister stressed that he «can't say what he thinks» about him. The politician also noted that the conflict in Ukraine cannot be ended «without strong intervention,» however, «there are no leaders in Europe and the United States now.» «Can I make you smile? The only real leader is me,» he said to the applause of his fellow party members. The Italian news agency LaPresse on Wednesday evening published another audio fragment from Berlusconi's meeting with deputies of his party. In this three-minute recording, the 86-year-old politician lays out the history of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the reasons for the current escalation. At the beginning of the video, the former prime minister, in high spirits, asks not to disclose the content of his speech.Erdogan offered Zelensky to resolve the conflict through negotiations On Tuesday, the media got the first part of Berlusconi's statements from a closed meeting with deputies. On it, the 86-year-old leader, in particular, said that Ukraine's entry into NATO would lead to a world war, and also told his supporters that he had actually restored relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he had been a long-term friendship. Initially, the press service of «Forward, Italy» denied this information, but soon an audio recording of Berlusconi's speech appeared at the disposal of the media, during which, among other things, he said that Putin called him «the first of his five real friends.» Berlusconi himself in April stated that he was «disappointed and upset» by the decision of the Russian president to launch a military operation in Ukraine. In June, he said with regret that he called Putin twice, but received no answer. Berlusconi's new statements caused a loud scandal in the Apennines. The leader of the leading opposition Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, stressed that the new ruling majority that emerged in Italy following the September parliamentary elections is leading the country «in the direction of increasing ambiguity regarding Russia.» 
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