Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyMOSCOW, Feb. 26 telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. «A new day on the diplomatic front began with a conversation with Emmanuel Macron,» Zelensky wrote on Twitter. Washington is ready to help Zelensky leave Kyiv, media writesAccording to him, the decisive moment has come to «stop years of discussions» and decide on Ukraine's membership in the EU. Earlier, he discussed with the head of the European Council Charles Michel further assistance to Kiev. Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine early on Thursday morning, February 24. In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action from us, the people’s republics of Donbass have asked for help.” According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. Later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrender and then have the opportunity to return to their families. >Zelensky will be tribunal at some point, Chizhov saidPosted: Stanislav Vand
