Despite serious crimes against civilians that have come to light, the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia continue in video format. A face-to-face meeting between the two heads of state cannot take place until an agreement has been reached, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The former Russian head of state has been talking about fighting for some time.
“Intensive negotiations are currently underway with the Ukrainian side in video format,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said in an interview with the Interfax agency on Tuesday. As reported, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also continues to focus on negotiations. While this is difficult, it is the only option, he said on state television. There may not be any face-to-face meeting between him and Putin.
Until a final document is agreed, a presidential spokesman said it would be too early to discuss a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. Lavrov and Kuleba met on March 10 in Antalya, Turkey. Later, the delegations of both countries also negotiated with each other in Turkey.
Ukraine wants security guarantees
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine needs security guarantees. Otherwise, there is a threat that Russia will come back in two years. “We need serious players who are ready for anything. We need a circle of states that are ready to deliver all weapons within 24 hours. We need individual countries on which sanctions policies really depend.” This security guarantee should be comparable to the NATO assistance obligation, of which Ukraine is not a member. Suggestions for these “players” are the US, Great Britain, Poland, Turkey, Germany, as well as the war adversary Russia. On the dispute over the Eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass, Zelenskyy said in an interview with Ukrainian television stations that it would not be possible to agree on all points at once, but that there should be work to be done.
“militarization”
On the other hand, Moscow’s demands for alleged “demilitarization” and “denazification” will not be discussed, the Ukrainian president said. Russia should “look in the mirror” on this. The Russian government justified the attack on Ukraine on February 24 with ‘denazification’, among other things. “These difficult tasks cannot be accomplished in a hurry,” former Russian head of state Dmitry Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel on Tuesday. He was already preparing the Russian troops for longer battles. It would not be surprising if Ukraine suffered the same fate as the Third Reich. Every effort must be made to spare Ukraine and Europe this, Bonn Eastern Europe historian Martin Aust said on Twitter.
Source: Krone
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