Kiev is not preparing a new military operation in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. Oleg Nikolenko, an official representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, said this, reacting to today’s statement by Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“The statement of the Russian president about Ukraine’s alleged preparation of a” military operation “in Donbass does not correspond to reality,” reads the refutation. According to the press secretary, the Ukrainian authorities, on the contrary, are making “constant efforts to” move the peace process, primarily in the Normandy format, from the spot. “
This, according to Nikolenko, “vividly illustrates Kiev’s devotion to the” political and diplomatic way of settling the armed conflict, “UNIAN reports.
The diplomat also recalled that on the eve of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) and Andriy Yermak – the head of the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – managed to “achieve the resumption of the ceasefire” in Donbass. For this, the representative of the department noted, “a titanic work has been done.”
Nikolenko called on Russia to “concentrate on fulfilling the agreements” on the armistice, and called the Donbas conflict “international.”
During the annual final press conference on December 23, President Vladimir Putin admitted that Ukraine was preparing a new military operation against the self-proclaimed republics of the DPR and LPR.
“Now they tell us: war, war, war. One gets the impression that, perhaps, a third military operation is being prepared and we are warned in advance: do not interfere, do not protect these people, but intervene and will protect – such and such new sanctions will follow, “the head of state said.
He pointed out that the war in eastern Ukraine can be ended only on the basis of the Minsk agreements.
Putin also said that the future of Donbass is in the hands of its residents, and Zelensky fell under the influence of the “Nazis.” More details – here.
Source: Rosbalt
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