Lavrov outraged by Zelensky's ultimatum on negotiations
The demands of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, which he put forward to start negotiations with the Russian Federation, are a frivolous approach. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Larov after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“Zelensky’s demands for the start of negotiations with Moscow to withdraw Russian troops behind the line on February 24 is a frivolous approach,” Lavrov said at a briefing after a meeting with Cavusoglu, which was broadcast on the Rossiya-24 TV channel. Lavrov also noted that the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine is going according to plan and achieving its goals.
On February 24, Russia launched
a special operation in Ukraine . After that, the parties held negotiations, but did not come to a solution to the issue. Earlier, Zelensky said that Ukraine would return to discussions with Russia only after the return of all its territories. He expressed his readiness to meet only with Russian President Vladimir Putin and only if they discuss the end of the special operation,
RT reports .
Lavrov gave Ukraine a promise on a special operation
Russia is ready to guarantee that it will not use the situation to continue the special operation if Ukraine clears mines from ports in the Black Sea. This was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Larov after a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“Russia guarantees that if Kyiv clears the ports, Moscow will not take advantage of this situation as part of a military operation. Moscow is ready to issue guarantees for unblocking ports in one way or another,” Lavrov said at a briefing after a meeting with Cavusoglu, which was broadcast on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
Ukraine has mined ports in the Black Sea where grain is stored, because of this there is no way to take out products from there. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin also promised that the Russian army
would not attack the Ukrainian military while clearing ports. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced its
readiness to clear the ports if the Russian Federation withdraws forces from there and gives security guarantees for commercial convoys that export grain. Russia has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine since February 24 to liberate Donbass.
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Deputy Zhuravlev called a way to stop the shelling of Russian villages
The shelling of Russian villages and Donbass will stop as soon as Russia pushes back the Ukrainian troops at a sufficient distance. This was stated in a conversation with URA.RU by Alexei Zhuravlev, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
“In order not to shell our villages and cities, we need to drive the enemy away to a distance from which he will not be able to do this. This is logical. The same is connected with the shelling of Donetsk. In my opinion, we need to stop playing a special operation, and wage a full-scale war with the Ukrainian Nazi state. They do just that, wage a full-scale war. And not only them, but all of Europe. What they don't hide. And we are conducting a special operation,” said Alexei Zhuravlev.
According to him, it is beneficial for the West that what is happening in Ukraine is delayed. “The special operation will take years, and this is exactly what the Americans need. They sleep and see it. Some say that supposedly prolonged conflict is not good for their economy, but this is not true. They profited from the war during the First World War and the Second World War, ”said the deputy. He stressed that Russia should not play according to the US plan.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired dozens of shells from the BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system at the center of Donetsk. As a result
, five people died and 20 were injured. Once again,
the village of Tetkino in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region was shelled. Other settlements in the border regions also fell under Ukrainian fire. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a
special operation in Ukraine on February 24. He emphasized that its goal is to protect the inhabitants of Donbass.
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Colonel Matviychuk named the next goals of the Russian Federation after Svyatogorsk
After taking control of Svyatogorsk in the DPR, the Russian Armed Forces should head for Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. This opinion was shared by a military expert, retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk, in an interview with URA.RU.
“Svyatogorsk is a city that interrupts the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk-Artemovsk highway covered by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a matter of fact, we cut it and surround the grouping. We have almost completely cleared Severodonetsk, leaving only the industrial area, and then Lisichansk. We finish off the groupings settled there and then we will go to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. We will finish them off,” Anatoly Matviychuk explained.
The military expert added that after Kramatorsk, the Russian Armed Forces could go to Kharkov and Odessa. “God forbid we now reach the border of the center of Kramatorsk, and then we'll see how the situation will develop, but I think that's the way it is - Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Odessa. Odessa and Nikolaev are the next task,” Matviychuk emphasized.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
announced the liberation of a significant part of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics along the left bank of the Northern Donets, in particular, the cities of Krasny Liman and Svyatogorsk. A special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine
began on February 24 . According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the decision was forced, its goal is to protect the inhabitants of Donbass from genocide. The task of the second stage of the special operation is to establish complete control over the Donbass and southern Ukraine.
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