The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov once again accused the Ukrainian leadership of unwillingness to solve the problems of Donbass and seek to restore the territorial integrity of the country.

The Russian Foreign Minister in an interview with the newspaper " Lavrov actually let it slip in this interview when he said that Ukraine did not want to grant the Russian-occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions a special status, as this would become " Simply put, the Kremlin needs a special status of the occupied territories in order to try to change the geopolitical and civilizational choice of Ukraine and turn our country back into a Russian colony..

This attitude of Lavrov demonstrates that there is no talk of any real continuation of the negotiation process - neither in the Normandy format, nor in the TCG.. Putin and Lavrov do not need these negotiations, they expect a change of power in Ukraine, since, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Zelensky's rating is falling, and the promise to solve the problems of Donbass is not being fulfilled. Well, Lavrov is silent about the fact that the Ukrainian president cannot solve these problems simply because the occupier does not want it..

And, of course, in such a situation, one can hardly talk about a real meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents.. Zelensky can instruct anyone to prepare this meeting, only Putin will not talk to him, much less discuss the " The Ukrainian president and his supporters simply need to come to terms with a simple and clear truth - there will be no meeting of heads of state, negotiations will continue to be at an impasse, the conflict will continue.

This is what Putin wants.

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