The mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, said that Ukraine needs to seek compromises from the Russian Federation.

" I don't want to be misunderstood. Obviously, I dream of returning to our borders in 1991, but we need to negotiate step by step, gradually look for compromises, avoid confrontation,"

According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not abandon plans to capture Odessa..

" But the war remains long, difficult. Our attack on Kherson is slow, and Putin continues to hope for the encirclement of Odessa from the north to connect with "

The mayor of Odest also opposed the demolition of the monument to Catherine II.

" Even if we destroy monuments, history does not change. I know that a petition has been collected with 25 thousand signatures, but I'm waiting. With this logic, I should also remove the monument to Pushkin or Gagarin? It doesn't make sense,"

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Earlier, the Mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, announced the renaming of a number of streets due to the city’s unwillingness to have anything in common with Russia. At the same time, he wrote his post on Facebook in Russian, which caused criticism from some readers..