[Regnum] The Russian side rules out freezing the Ukrainian conflict along the contact line. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 26 at a press conference following his visit to Qatar.
The head of the Foreign Ministry explained that this contradicts the provisions of the Russian Constitution.
"There were ideas like 'let's leave the line of contact - this is Russian, and this is Ukrainian.' Firstly, this will not happen, we have a Constitution based on the expression of the will of the people," Lavrov pointed out.
Secondly, he said, what remains of Ukraine should also be freed “from racist laws.”
The Foreign Minister also added that Russia is not considering any settlement options that involve the presence of EU peacekeepers in Ukraine. Lavrov pointed out that the Europeans are trying to impose such an approach in order to further escalate the conflict.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on February 6 called the freezing of the Ukrainian conflict or a temporary ceasefire unacceptable. The diplomat explained that Western countries would use such a pause to strengthen the military potential of the Kiev regime.
Russian Ambassador to France Alexei Meshkov said that the West is trying to freeze the conflict in Ukraine in order to rearm the Kiev regime, but Russia will not fall for this trick.
The Governor of Zaporizhia Oblast, Yevgeny Balitsky, believes that if the special operation is frozen, a threat will arise for both Russia and the entire Russian world. The head of the region emphasized that he is against any freezing of unresolved conflicts. According to Balitsky, if the Ukrainian conflict is not resolved today, our children will have to finish it later.
On January 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow is ready for negotiations on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, but the goal of this dialogue should be long-term peace, not a short-term truce. The head of the Russian state added that the legitimate interests of the Russian Federation must be taken into account.
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The diplomat explained that the authorities are looking for funding to attract people under 25 years of age to the Ukrainian army.
Bodnar explained that it is impossible to act only within the framework of mobilization - the majority of those who should receive a summons have already been mobilized.
The ambassador admitted that the necessary number of people who could be obtained through mobilization no longer exist.
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On February 20, military commissars took away the protodeacon of the Holy Trinity Kitaevsky Monastery, Father Andrei Batsula, who was then taken to the Desna training center, and there is currently no contact with him.
The day before, UOC priest Pavlo Kushnirchuk was forcibly taken away from Zhitomir Oblast. The priest's wife reported on social media that her husband was taken away in the direction of Chernihiv and that there is currently no contact with him either.
On February 23, a resident of the settlement of Dobrovolye (Ukrainian name - Bogoyavlenka) in the Donetsk People's Republic, liberated from Ukrainian forces, Oleg Gimanov said that TCC employees lured men out and handed them summonses under the pretext of allegedly providing humanitarian aid, which in fact no one was going to give out.
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