Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius recommends that Vladimir Putin and the Russians return to reality if they want to save their country. In his microblog on Twitter, he stressed that the Russian Federation needs negotiations that will concern the future not of Ukraine, but of the federation itself..

" They need negotiations not about Ukraine, but about their own destiny,"

If Putin cannot step aside, and if #Russia is not part of Ukraine, there will be no current Russian animore in this new country.. They demand conversations not in Ukraine, but on their own needs.

— Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) December 27, 2022.

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Recall, ISW analysts note that Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to show his own non-recognition of the Ukrainian authorities as equals.. He also does not consider Ukraine a sovereign state.. At the same time, the leader of the Russian Federation is trying to absolve himself of responsibility for prolonging the war, which is why the rhetoric about readiness for negotiations has appeared, which is actually deceptive..