View of Kyiv. Archive photoMOSCOW, Mar 2Russia hopes that the contacts with the Ukrainian delegation that have begun will soon continue and become the beginning of a political solution, but is not yet sure that the dialogue with the Ukrainian side will bring the desired results, said in the Telegram channel Lebanese Al-Mayadeen Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Geneva Office.
"Contacts have begun between the Ukrainian delegation and the Russian Federation, and we hope that these contacts will continue in the near future and will serve as the beginning of a political solution", Gatilov is quoted as saying.
The Russian diplomat also said that Moscow is not yet sure that the dialogue with the Ukrainian side will bring the desired results. «We support diplomatic means, but this diplomacy must respect the positions of all countries and be carried out on an equal footing, which, unfortunately, we do not see … We do not see the desire of the Ukrainian regime to try to find a legitimate and balanced solution to this problem,» Gatilov said. .Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. The purpose of the operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin called «the protection of people who for eight years have been subjected to bullying, genocide by the Kiev regime.» 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. .jpg» />Gatilov announced the need to remove nuclear weapons from EuropeAccording to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>>
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