Ukraine's Foreign Ministry responded to russia's proposals for negotiations
Ukraine considers russia's repeated attempts to invite it to negotiations on ending the war as a "smoke screen" to gain time and change the situation in its favor.
This was stated by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleh Nikolenko, in his comment after the statement of the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the russian federation, EP writes.
He noted that so far, the statements from russia do not mention the withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine but only general phrases that moscow is "open to negotiations."
"The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of russia is another smokescreen. russian officials begin to mention negotiations every time russian troops are defeated on the battlefield. moscow is not interested in restoring peace in Ukraine. Simulating readiness for dialogue, the russian federation is trying to buy time to regroup units, prepare the recently mobilized russians, solve the issue of lack of weapons, eliminate the shortcomings of logistics, and then resort to new waves of aggression with new forces. We already went through this in 2014-2015," Oleh Nikolenko noted.
He emphasized that all that russia continues to do does not in any way indicate its interest in peace negotiations.
"I would like to remind you that Ukraine has repeatedly offered negotiations. But it has always received either a contemptuous reaction and a demand to obey the kremlin's ultimatums or another act of genocide against Ukrainians," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman added.
It will be recalled that on the afternoon of November 9, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the russian federation announced that russia is ready for negotiations with Ukraine "taking into account the realities that are emerging at the moment."
