Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV interview that he had agreed with Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko that the crisis in Ukraine will be settled by peaceful means, through negotiations.
Putin also said that the West should have foreseen the consequences of their actions on the development of the situation in Ukraine. He also called the Ukrainian parties to the conflict to stop combat operations and deal with preparations for the winter, to – as he put it – to prevent the death of people from the cold.
Putin: No one should ever repeat such mistakes made in Ukraine during armed seizure of power
The Russian president spoke about this in an interview given on Sunday for the Russian state television channel first conversation was recorded on Friday after a meeting with the participants of Putin’s youth forum on the lake Seliger near Tver.
– I think that is a very good lesson for us all. Tragedy of the need to put an end as soon as possible, but – by peaceful means, through negotiations. We agreed this with Peter Alexeyevich (president of Ukraine Poroshenko – ed.) – Russian President said.
Putin reported that he and Poroshenko were also unanimous about the fact that “one should never repeat such mistakes that Ukraine committed during the armed seizure of power “. – After all, it is the root cause of what is happening today – he stressed.
The Russian president said that “there is no way to predict when it might come to an end crisis situation worsen the upcoming elections to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine” . – Everything will depend on the political will of the authorities of this country – he noted.
He expressed the view that the regulation of the Ukrainian crisis should take a call on “the political organization of society and state in the south-east of Ukraine”. He added that “it is necessary to unconditionally guarantee the legitimate interests of the people who live there.”
Putin: Russia’s reaction was inevitable
host Kremlin said that the West should have foreseen the consequences of their impact on situation in Ukraine. – Russia’s reaction was inevitable – pointed. According to Putin, “the Russian response was to be expected.” – It was necessary to bear in mind that Russia will not stand idly by when people are shot almost from the near distance. I mean not even the Russian authorities, but Russia as a state, the Russian people – he said.
The president insisted that Russia wants to complete the bloodshed. He stated that the parties to the conflict in the south-eastern Ukraine should immediately cease fire and begin to rebuild infrastructure. – You must complete the relevant stocks, carry out the necessary repair work and maintenance services to prepare for the season autumn-winter – he said, and added: “I have the impression that in addition to Russia, no one thought.”
Poroshenko: The situation in the Eastern Ukraine is approaching, for which there will be no turning back
On Saturday at a conference in Brussels after a meeting with EU leaders, Poroshenko said that the situation in the east of Ukraine “is coming to the point, for which no will be no turning back, “and may be” full-scale war “with Russia. But for now, – said the president – Ukraine and Russia will not exceed this limit. – We try to take all the steps that lead to talks – assured. He pointed out that the most important subject of the discussion should be a political settlement of the situation through the implementation of the peace plan.
The Ukrainian president also said that “the majority of EU member states supported the possibility of sanctions sector, including third-degree sectoral sanctions” against Russia . He explained that the new sanctions will be linked to the implementation of the peace plan for eastern Ukraine, submitted by him in June.
With regard to the likely tightening of sanctions by the West, Putin said in an interview that his Western colleagues should be aware of their own ideals. “What are European values? Are you supporting the coup, the armed seizure of power and the suppression of the armed forces with those who disagree? I think our colleagues need to remind about their own ideals” – he said.
Responding on Friday to questions from the forum on the lake Seliger, Russia’s president said that “the United States and European countries were involved in the process of force, antykonstytucyjnej change of power” in Ukraine. “What happened? President (Viktor) Yanukovych has postponed the signing of an economic agreement with the European Union, because it considered that it requires a serious fine-tuning. And our Western partners, based on the radical nationalist elements coup d’etat” – said at the time.
Putin said at the time that “this part of the country, which is does not agree, it is pacified with brute military force using aircraft, artillery, missile systems and tanks.” – If that’s what modern European values, I am extremely disappointed – pointed.
Peskov: Kyiv should negotiate with Noworosją, not with Russia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the in turn, that in order to stave off conflict in the south-eastern Ukraine in Kyiv authorities should negotiate with Noworosją, not Russia, because it is not a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but the conflict wewnątrzukraiński.
In this way, the press secretary of the President clarified the statement of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who imparted a Sunday interview with Russian state television Channel 1 said that it agreed with Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko that the crisis in Ukraine will be settled by peaceful means, through negotiation.
The term Noworosja is used in Russia in relation to “confederation” Donetsk Republic of China (DRL) and Lugano Republic of China (LRL), proclaimed by the separatists in the south-east of Ukraine with the support of Moscow. Putin called Noworosją this part of Ukraine on 17 April.
– Only Ukraine can communicate with Noworosją, respect the interests Noworosji. Only in this way can reach a political settlement – Peskov said, quoted by RIA-Novosti news agency. Peskov stressed that Noworosja should remain in the composition of Ukraine, and its status should determine the authorities in Kiev.
– There may be an agreement with Poroshenko of resolving the conflict. This is impossible, because it is not a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but wewnątrzukraiński conflict – said a spokesman for the Kremlin.
In the Russian Empire Noworosja term was used to describe connected to Russia in the eighteenth century, after the wars with Turkey, lands north of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Created with them Gouvernement Novorossiysk, which existed in the time of Catherine II in the years 1764-1775, and Paul I – 1796 to 1802 years.
The contemporary Noworosja included, among other part of today’s Ukraine – circuits: Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odessa.
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