Kuleba: Talks with Russia without any preconditions and ultimatums are already a victory

Russia's readiness to speak without any preconditions, ultimatums, and demands is already a victory for Ukraine.

"So I think that the fact that Russia is ready to speak without any preconditions, without any ultimatums, demands towards Ukraine, is already a victory for Ukraine," Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said at a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

Kuleba noted that a few days ago, at the beginning of the war, Russia was not interested in any negotiations at all, but having suffered losses it realized that its plan was not being successful, the blitzkrieg failed, and Russia began to speak in ultimatums.

"As long as Russia continues to suffer, as long as the Russian army experience one defeat after the other, Russia's conditions and ultimatums abated. Now they give us a signal that they just want to talk," the minister said.

Following a conversation between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, it was agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with Russia without any preconditions on Ukraine-Belarus border near the Prypyat River.

According to the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Lukashenko took responsibility for the fact that "for the time of travel, negotiations, and return of the Ukrainian delegation, all aircraft, helicopters, and missiles stationed on Belarusian territory will remain on the ground."

As reported, former minister of defense of Ukraine, head of the Center for Defense Strategies Andriy Zahorodniuk said that the self-proclaimed government of Belarus was most likely to decide on the participation of its armed forces in the war with Ukraine in the near future.

On February 24, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. Martial law was imposed throughout the country and general mobilization was announced.

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