MOSCOW, Apr 29There is no news yet on the Russia-Ukraine negotiation track, spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said. during telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin, he announced his intention to build up the Istanbul process between the negotiating delegations of Moscow and Kiev. 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 Kyiv 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 Donbas. .jpg» />Yesterday, 08:00 «Shelling, raids, terrorist attacks»: how the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to attack Russia connections. At the end of March, the delegations held another round of talks in Istanbul. As a result, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, said that Ukraine had submitted its written proposals for a future treaty, which Moscow considers a step forward, and in general, Kyiv for the first time in many years showed a desire to negotiate. The Russian side in response made two step towards Ukraine. First, it was decided to significantly reduce hostilities in the Kiev and Chernigov directions. Secondly, Moscow suggested that the meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky should take place simultaneously with the initialing of the treaty by the foreign ministers. However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later said that Ukraine was refusing its own proposals and creating numerous provocations in order to slow down the negotiation process. In particular, according to the minister, Ukraine presented its draft agreement with Russia, which is a departure from the provisions fixed at the meeting in Istanbul regarding Crimea, and also changed the provision on military exercises without mentioning the need to obtain Russia's consent.
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