Negotiations with Moscow for a Russian-Ukrainian peace agreement are “extremely difficult“, declared Tuesday April 12 an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Mykhaïlo Podoliak, after Vladimir Putin denounced “lack of consistencyof Ukrainians who, according to him,creates difficulties“.
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“Negotiations are extremely difficult“, indicated Mykhaïlo Podoliak in a message to the press, deploring that “the Russian side to stick to its traditional tactics of public pressure on the negotiation process, including through certain statements“. “It is clear that the emotional side today in the process is heavy“, he commented, specifying that “the Ukrainian delegation works exclusively within a pro-Ukrainian and transparent framework“.
Several hundred bodies of civilians, according to the Ukrainian authorities, have been found in recent days in towns around kyiv, including Boutcha and Irpin, after the withdrawal of Russian troops from this region at the end of March. Moscow denies any involvement and denounces a “stagingorchestrated by the Ukrainians and intended to harm him. Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, denounced “lack of consistencyof the Ukrainian negotiators which, according to him, prevents reaching an agreement between kyiv and Moscow to put an end to the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
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“There is no doubt (that the Russian goals will be fulfilled), they are absolutely clear and noble (…) The main goal is to help the people of Donbass“, in eastern Ukraine, where there are self-proclaimed pro-Russian separatist republics, he reaffirmed, during a trip to the Russian Far East. Discussions between the two parties continue.in line“said Mykhaïlo Podoliak on Wednesday.
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