Viktor YanukovychMOSCOW, Mar 14 There is still a chance to stop the tragedy in Ukraine, said in an interview RIA Novosti ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. According to Yanukovych, it is necessary to stop the bloodshed at any cost and reach a peace agreement. He noted that Vladimir Zelensky has many different «advisers», but the price of his personal responsibility is huge, key. and admit defeat «The history of this conflict began a long time ago, eight years ago. Yes, it was not Zelensky who started the war in 2014, but (ex-secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr) Turchynov. (Former President of Ukraine) Poroshenko continued and fueled it «, did business on blood. But it was Zelensky who, during his elections, promised Ukraine that he did not start, but he would end the military conflict in eastern Ukraine. The voters believed him and elected him president. Unfortunately, he deceived them. But now the masks have been torn off , the moment of truth has come, there is still a chance to stop the tragedy,» Yanukovych said. Russia launched a 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. 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 President of Russia emphasized.
