Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the presidential office, who is part of the Ukrainian negotiating group, said that communication with the Russian Federation is difficult, but progressing. According to him, the parties actively express their positions.

“The parties are actively expressing their positions, already clarified. Communication is hard but going. The reason for the disagreement is that we have very different political systems.. Ukraine is a free dialogue in society and an obligatory consensus. Russia is an ultimatum suppression of its own society,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter..

The parties actively express their positions already clarified. Communication is hard but going. The reason for the disagreement is that we have very different political systems.. Ukraine is a free dialogue in society and an obligatory consensus. Russia is an ultimatum suppression of its own society. pic. twitter. com/Kow8UuT9Gv.

– Mikhail Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) March 14, 2022.

Before the talks, Podolyak noted that Russia continues to live in an illusion and justifies violence against civilians in Ukraine. He declared: “On peace, a ceasefire, the immediate withdrawal of all troops and security guarantees.

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The third round of negotiations took place on March 7. After its completion, the adviser to the head of the OPU, Mykhailo Podolyak, said that Ukraine managed to achieve progress on the issue of humanitarian corridors, consultations on other issues will continue. At the same time, the head of the Russian delegation, Assistant to the President and Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky said that Moscow's expectations from negotiations with Ukraine did not materialize..