Go to mediabankFlags of Russia and Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 26Russia believes that negotiations with Ukraine are possible, Moscow is always ready to seek a solution to the crisis, said Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin. According to the ambassador, in April the parties were close to to discuss the resolution of the conflict, but after that, Vladimir Zelensky legally made it impossible to negotiate. «We say that negotiations are possible, we will be ready at any time to look for the right solution to this crisis,» Kelin said on CNN. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. 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 the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the supreme commander, is «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.» Putin said that Russia has always said that it is open to negotiations on Ukraine, if Kyiv matures, then the mediation efforts of those who offers.
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