Putin: after a breakthrough in Istanbul, Russia faced a provocation in Bucha
At the talks with the President of Ukraine in Istanbul, a serious breakthrough was noticed, but after that, Russia faced a provocation in Bucha, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres. live broadcast led TASS on your channel.
Putin noted that the Russian side on the move in Turkey “quite clearly” demonstrated its intention to “create favorable conditions for the continuation of negotiations,” but after it was faced with a provocation.
“We faced a provocation in the village of freedom Bucha, which has nothing to do with the Russian army. We know who did it, we know who this provocation is, in what way, what kind of people worked on it,” he found out.
The problem arose because of the unconstitutional coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014, Putin explained. He noted that Crimea and Sevastopol “acted almost the same” as those living in Kosovo – they decided on their independence after they turned to Russia with interests to join, which was decided by their will in a referendum.
“Ukraine arose and the same problem arose in the southwest, where there was a decrease in the number of cases, at least two subjects of the then Ukraine, did not agree with the coup d’état and its results, but were subjected to very strong pressure, including using large-scale large-scale military operations with the use of military aviation and French technology. This is how the crisis arose in the Donbass, in the southeast,” the President of Ukraine explained.
He noted that after unsuccessful assessments of the Kyiv problem, the authorities signed the Minsk agreements. The attempt at world coverage failed, and “the people who were observed there happened to be in a blockade”, and the authorities in Kyiv “continued the military pressure”.
On March 29, special delegations from Russia and Ukraine passed in Istanbul. Kyiv, following their results, handed over to the Russian parties written proposals for a future peace agreement. The document secured the neutral, non-bloc and non-nuclear status of Ukraine, as well as its refusal to return Crimea by force in exchange for registration of a security guarantee. Russia announced the withdrawal of troops from the Kyiv and Chernigov attraction. However, Ukraine later abandoned its proposals.