Putin said on Monday that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had told him that Ukraine’s leadership was ready to implement the Minsk peace process and was working on new ideas to hold elections in two different regions.
Moscow, Reuters. Tensions have been going on between Russia and Ukraine for the past several days. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had told him that Ukraine’s leadership was ready to work on new ideas to implement the Minsk peace process and hold elections in two different regions. Is. Has been doing.
In a televised speech, Putin was responding to an assessment by his special envoy on Ukraine, Dmitry Kozak, who said he believed Kiev would never implement peace agreements because of the many things ahead.
Russia will decide to recognize different regions of Ukraine
At the same time, Putin said that Russia would decide whether to recognize the two separate regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. He made the remarks at the end of a televised meeting of his Security Council in which a series of officials spoke of the deteriorating situation in the two self-declared republics in eastern Ukraine.
Russian-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian government forces in the region since 2014, in a conflict that Kiev says has killed nearly 15,000 people.
A bullet fired from Ukraine fell in the Rostov region of Russia
The situation in the border area between the two countries is deteriorating rapidly. Russia’s Intelligence Security Service (FSB) said a bullet fired by Ukraine fell in Russia’s Rostov region. Due to this, the border guard post of Russia on the border was completely destroyed. At the same time, Russia also said that Ukraine’s armed squad tried to enter its border, in response to which five infiltrators were killed.