President of Ukraine Vladimir ZelenskyMOSCOW, June 19Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Oleg Nemchinov said that proposals for the election of a country that will represent the interests of Ukraine in Russia in resolving issues with visas will be presented to Volodymyr Zelensky, after which it will be reported on the method of obtaining a visa to enter the country and its cost. The Government of Ukraine on Friday approved introduction of a visa regime with Russia from July 1.The Ukrainians themselves will also suffer from the visa regime with Russia, the State Duma believes «There are existing agreements with visa centers in the Russian Federation … Secondly, proposals will be submitted to the President of Ukraine in order to elect a country that will temporarily represent the interests of Ukraine in the Russian Federation After this is done and a decision is made, the Foreign Ministry will additionally inform both our citizens and the citizens of the Russian Federation about the method of obtaining a visa, its cost,» Nemchinov said. On February 24, in the light of Russia's operation in Ukraine, Zelensky said that Kyiv severed diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation. 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 Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
