Flag of IsraelMOSCOW, Mar 13Israel is ready to organize negotiations between Russia and Ukraine if they are not doomed to failure, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing a high-ranking diplomatic source. At a press conference on Saturday, Vladimir Zelensky did not rule out that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine could take place in Jerusalem «We know from experience that negotiations that have no chance lead to a deterioration of the situation on the ground,» a source told the newspaper. said the interlocutor of the publication. According to him, in regard to Bennett's mediation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Israeli side «imposes nothing.» Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev 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 military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, but not for the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as of March 7, 474 civilians were killed and 861 injured during the conflict. These statistics take into account, among other things, losses in the territories of the DPR and LPR, which, according to UNHCHR estimates, account for 24 dead and 112 injured. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages in Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The RF Ministry of Defense lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors. The Russian MoD also blames local nationalists, who in some cases keep civilians as human shields. in Ukraine
