Peskov called the conditions for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on how Moscow’s conditions for ending the special military operation will be met, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian president, said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin for the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” TV channel “Russia 1”.

“On how our conditions will be fulfilled,” Peskov answered the question of what Russia should talk about with Zelensky, who declares the impossibility of negotiations with Moscow (quoted from Interfax).

Peskov confirmed that the conditions of the Russian side are the same. “Undoubtedly. The operation is proceeding on its own, all goals will be achieved,” the Kremlin spokesman added.

Since the beginning of the special operation, Russia and Ukraine have held negotiations several times. The first three face-to-face meetings took place in Belarus: on February 28, representatives of Russia and Ukraine met in the Gomel region, and then on March 3 and 6, negotiations continued in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The fourth round of the Russian-Ukrainian dialogue took place on March 29 in Istanbul. But later the process was frozen. On May 17, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said that Ukraine had actually withdrawn from the negotiations.

After that, the Russian authorities repeatedly stated that Russia did not refuse negotiations with Ukraine. At the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized that Western countries are hindering this process by pumping weapons to Ukraine and thereby prolonging the conflict.

Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy already called condition, after which, according to him, negotiations with Russia will become impossible. “If a [российские власти] will follow the path of pseudo-referendums, they will close for themselves any chances for negotiations with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will clearly need at some point,” he said. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov clarified that at present “there are no negotiations, no prerequisites for them.”

On August 26, the head of Zelensky’s office, Mikhail Podolyak declaredthat the President of Ukraine opposes negotiations. According to Podolyak, in the current situation they will become a “death sentence” for Ukraine.