MOSCOW, Mar 22 Ukraine, as a sovereign state, can have its own procedures, but it is undesirable to drag out negotiations , said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. So he commented on the words of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that the issues discussed with Russia on security guarantees, on the DPR, LPR and Crimea should finally be decided by the Ukrainian people in a referendum.
10:43 Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPR The expert called Zelensky's statement about a referendum in Ukraine a trick «Ukraine is a sovereign state, and there should be some kind of domestic procedures. But, in addition to this, there are those substances that are on the negotiating table of the two delegations. «I cannot interfere in the details of these substances. We are convinced that at the moment making them public can only damage the negotiation process, which is already going much slower and less meaningful than we would like,» Peskov said, answering the question of how the Kremlin refers to this perspective. When asked about the possibility of holding a referendum after the parties form a package of proposals that they are ready to present to the public, the presidential press secretary noted that «this is due to a whole range of parameters» that negotiators should discuss .»Our negotiation team has full authority, has the necessary expertise, has the necessary political the will of the head of state. Next is the turn for our Ukrainian counterparts,» the Kremlin spokesman added. He stressed that the Russian side had long ago handed over the draft documents to the Ukrainian side, Kyiv responded to some of them, but not to some. He also answered in the negative to the question about the possible publication of these projects.
08:00 «This is the key to victory.» The turning point of the Russian special operationRussia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine on 24 February. The armed forces say they only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. After the start of the operation, the parties held three rounds of negotiations in Belarus, now contacts are going on almost daily via video link. As the head of the Russian delegation, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Moscow and Kyiv said have brought their positions as close as possible on Ukraine's neutral status and its non-entry into NATO, and are «halfway» on the issue of the country's demilitarization. Commenting on the topic of denazification, Medinsky pointed out that representatives of Kyiv insist on the absence of Nazi formations. He also noted that the people of Donbass should decide for themselves the issue of managing the territories they live in. According to the head of the delegation, it is possible to talk about a possible meeting between Putin and Zelensky only after the text of the agreement between the two countries is approved.
March 19, 14:53 Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPR Lavrov spoke about Russia's demands in negotiations with Ukraine
