Ukraine admitted that there are no high-level contacts with Russia since the beginning of the month

Ukraine admitted that there are no high-level contacts with Russia since the beginning of the month

“After Bucha it became especially difficult to talk to the Russians,” the head of Ukrainian diplomacy said, according to the Europa Press news agency.

Ukraine and Russia had resumed diplomatic negotiations on the 1st of this month, but the following day kyiv denounced the mass murder of hundreds of civilians in Bucha, with images that caused worldwide shock.

For his part, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, assured this Sunday in an interview for CNN that Ukraine “will not give up territory in the east to end the war with Russia.”

To the east of the country is the Donbas region, controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Moscow assured that it would not stop the offensive until it controlled this area. Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian army is ready to fight for Donbas. “This battle could influence the course of the entire war,” he summarized. The port city of Mariupol, besieged for weeks, has not surrendered this Sunday after a Russian ultimatum, as confirmed by the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmihal.

Source: Ambito

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