The meeting will begin at 13:40 at the Mariinsky Palace.
EU and Washington fear that Russia could launch a full-scale attack on Ukraine / REUTERS
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky today, February 8, will meet with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Kiev.
This is stated in a message on the website of the Office of the President.
The meeting will begin at 13:40 at the Mariinsky Palace.
The media were invited to be accredited until 12:40. Due to COVID restrictions, up to 45 media representatives can attend the event.
The event will be broadcast in Ukrainian and French on the website of the presidential office.
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The day before, Macron met with the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. As a result of the talks, the French president said that “the coming days will be decisive” for the de-escalation around Ukraine.
In turn, Putin again threatened Kiev with the implementation of the Minsk agreements, and Macron with unleashing a full-scale war with Russia.
After the meeting with Zelensky, Macron will go to Putin, as the parties agreed “to achieve results together, even if it will not be easy.”
The Russian president himself confirmed that he was interested in “a number of ideas” of Macron.
Putin insists on the legal obligations of NATO and the United States regarding Ukraine’s non-entry into the Alliance, because, in his opinion, this could threaten the country’s national security.
After a series of meetings with representatives of the Russian Federation, the West unanimously denied Moscow’s claims on NATO expansion policy. At the same time, Russia continues to blackmail Europe with a military escalation, concentrating more than 100,000 of its military around Ukraine.
The EU and Washington fear that the Russian Federation may launch a full-scale offensive against Ukraine, and are developing tools to curb Moscow’s appetites, including the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian army.
During a meeting with Macron, Putin confirmed that he demanded that Kiev implement the Minsk agreements , referring to the “special status” of Donbass on Moscow’s terms: “There is simply no other alternative. In Kiev they say they will do it, then they say that it will destroy their country And the current president recently said that he doesn’t like a single point of these Minsk agreements. Well, like it or not. Be patient, my beauty! We must comply.”
Although the United States previously confirmed that Ukraine over the years has fulfilled “most, if not all” of the terms of the Minsk agreements . At the same time, practically nothing has been done by Russia in this direction.
Kiev rejects the autonomy of ORDLO according to the Kremlin’s scenario .
(C)UNIAN 2022