Russian presidential aide Vladimir MedinskyMOSCOW, Mar 7 came true, said the head of the delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, following the results of the third round.
"The discussion continued on political and military aspects, but it is not going well. It's too early to talk about something positive. We arrived with a large set of documents, took specific agreements, drafts and proposals, hoping that today it would be possible to sign at least a protocol on some of the points on which we seemed to have already agreed in principle, but the Ukrainian side took all these documents home for study, I couldn't sign something on the spot".
Vladimir MedinskyAssistant to the President of RussiaAs the presidential aide emphasized, the contacts will continue. He expressed hope that next time the parties would be able to take «a more significant step forward.» Medinsky pointed out that Russia at the meeting bluntly raised the issue of opening humanitarian corridors. In turn, the Ukrainian side assured that they would start working tomorrow.Arakhamia said that he specially put on a baseball cap for negotiations. The meeting took place in the Brest region of Belarus and lasted almost three hours. The composition of the Russian delegation has not changed: Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov and head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky. Ukraine was represented by adviser to the head of the presidential office Mikhail Podolyak, head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada David Arakhamia, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov. The first round of negotiations took place on February 28 in the Gomel region. Delegates cautiously stated that there were several positions that everyone agreed to discuss. During the second talks on March 3, the parties agreed to establish humanitarian corridors. at the request of the republics of Donbass and after the appeal of the deputies of the State Duma, he signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. According to Putin, it is also necessary to carry out the denazification of Ukraine, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. With the support of the Russian army, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, there are losses on both sides.