"Do not listen to Russia": Zelensky spoke about the new "Kremlin's" negotiating initiative

According to Podolyak, such statements are no more than an attempt to distract from the new attacks of aggression, which the Kremlin is preparing for the next weeks against Ukraine. "It is obvious that" negotiating initiatives "of Russia is a way to divert attention from the preparation of the following acts of aggression. First, Russia masks so mobilization and accumulation of resources,"-the message reads.

Secondly, Russia is trying to slow down the assistance of the Armed Forces from Western Allies of Ukraine. In January this year, a record number of weapons supplies were announced to help Ukrainian defenders in the release of temporarily occupied territories. Therefore, statements about peace talks by the Kremlin are going, according to the adviser to the chairman of the OP. "Never listen to Russia," Mikhail Podolyak summed up.

It should be noted that the day before, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin stated to the Russian media that Russia is ready to start the process of peace negotiations with Ukraine without any preliminary conditions and arrangements "on the basis of available reality". As for the latter, it is about temporarily occupied territories, which the Kremlin wants to leave under its control.

On February 7, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov stated that the Russian Federation was working with certain countries, urging them to become intermediaries in negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. There were 4 conditions in Kiev to happen. On February 1, a spokeswoman for the Russian Radfed Valentina Matvienko stated that peace talks would take place if Kiev will show real readiness for them.