President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskyKYIV, Feb 19President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had arrived at the Munich Security Conference, where, together with international partners, he would discuss «threats at the borders» of the country. Earlier, Zelensky's office said that the head of state would return to Kiev after the conference on Saturday. View this post on Instagram
«I arrived in Germany. Today is the Munich Security Conference and negotiations with our partners and friends. The main issues are the threats at the borders of Ukraine,» Zelensky wrote on his Instagram account. Earlier, the leadership of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens in Rostov region in connection with the threat of invasion by Ukraine. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the territory of the DPR and LPR, said the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin. do not threaten, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the United States and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies. Statements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The head of the Ministry of Defense reported that «a part of the exercises is coming to an end, a part will be completed in the near future.» Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Tuesday that the Southern and Western military districts have begun returning troops to their places of deployment. The withdrawal of the military to the places of deployment after the exercises is a common practice, there is nothing new in this, the press secretary of President Peskov told reporters earlier in response to a question whether the withdrawal of troops means a de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine.
February 17, 16:25