President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is not yet talking about ending Russia's war against our state in a peaceful way, because Moscow is not really ready to start a dialogue, but only offers Ukraine to surrender to achieve its own goals. The head of state said this at an online meeting with African journalists.

According to Zelensky, until February 24, he spoke to EU leaders for three years about his desire to hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin and about the need to prevent a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which would cause the deaths of tens and hundreds of thousands of people and the emergence of millions of refugees..

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He said that he himself repeatedly called " However, the Russian side has always found reasons to refuse the possibility of dialogue..

Zelensky explained that after the start of a full-scale war and the war crimes committed by the occupiers against Ukraine, he could not continue trying to start peace negotiations.

\? call them again? You understand, this is not a dialogue, this is not reconciliation.. This is an ultimatum from them.. And it sounds like this: “If you don’t act as we want, we will kill you,” the head of state said..

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The President emphasized that the current words of the representatives of the Russian Federation about the desire for dialogue are a lie.

“They tie our hands, cut off our tongues, and then they say: “We are ready to speak”. They do not offer any dialogue, they offer us to surrender, accept their "

Earlier, the head of state said that if Russia really wanted the end of the war, it would not now pull up reserves to the Ukrainian south, and would not multiply mass graves of killed innocent people on Ukrainian territory..