Zelensky addressed Putin in Russian because of the Donbass

Paccording to Zelensky, Moscow is “delaying the meeting”, but it will take place. The Russian side may have “a million different questions about bilateral relations,” but “everyone clearly understands that there is a war,” the Ukrainian president said. Zelensky addressed Putin in Russian because of the Donbass

Russia is delaying the meeting with Ukraine too much, although the parties understand what needs to be discussed, President Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with AFP, Reuters and AP. The text of the conversation is published on the website of the Ukrainian president. In the middle of answering a Russian-related question, Zelensky switched from Ukrainian to Russian.

“We have all recently heard what the President of the Russian Federation says. (switches from Ukrainian to Russian.- Ed.). “I am for a meeting with Ukraine, but only we should understand the agenda (agenda.- Ed.). But what to talk about? We have bilateral issues and so on.” I believe that this is such a signal to people in Russia or the Western world-they say, I’m for it. But we do understand-to be honest, what is the ajenda? Go out on the street here, I think that in Russia, and everyone knows exactly what is happening. Everyone clearly understands that there is a war, it is in the Donbas, ” Zelensky said (the notes of Zelensky’s office are preserved.— RBC).

According to him, the Russian side may have “a million different questions about bilateral relations”, but when people want to end the war and normalize relations, they say: “God help her, with that ajenda, let’s meet, let’s go.” “And when people do not want this, but cannot say it directly (I do not know what this is related to), they start saying: we need an adzhenda,” Zelensky noted.

At the same time, the Ukrainian president expressed confidence that the meeting would take place, noting that Putin had previously spoken about his readiness for negotiations. “Today, I do not know the reasons, but they are too long. But delaying the issue will not solve it, ” Zelensky pointed out.

At the same time, Russia is discussing the issue of the Russian language and the church, “when there is a war,” the Ukrainian president noted. “I have a very open position here: if you want respect for the Russian language, respect the Ukrainian language,” Zelensky said. According to him, he himself often speaks Russian to show that the country’s official language is Ukrainian, but people speak as they want.

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At the end of April, Zelensky invited Putin to visit the Donbass and hold talks. “I am ready to go even further and invite you to meet anywhere in the Ukrainian Donbass, where there is a war,” he said. In response, Putin invited Zelensky to Moscow if he intends to discuss issues of bilateral relations. If the president of Ukraine wants to discuss the problem of Donbass, first he needs to meet with the heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) and only then with the Russian leadership, Putin noted.

Last week, on June 9, Putin said that he always has something to talk about with Zelensky, especially in light of the accumulated problems between the countries. According to Putin, when Zelensky offered to meet him, he wanted to discuss “international security”. This is an important aspect, but Russia and Ukraine should go ahead and discuss the problems among themselves, Putin said.

Источник rbc.ru

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