In a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister Italy Mario Dragi, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the conditions for the cease-fire in Ukraine have not yet matured. Dragi declared this at a press conference in the Foreign Press Association.
According to him, he called the Russian president and said that, according to his conviction, in order to solve the most important problems, it was necessary to meet with the Ukrainian president, which Vladimir Zelensky asks from the very beginning of the war. “During yesterday’s long telephone conversation, I told Putin that I want to talk about the world. I asked him if the cease-fire was possible. However, there are currently no conditions for this. The President of Russia told me that the time to meet with Zelensky had not yet come. According to Putin, there are small steps forward in the talks. I noticed the change in its tone, but I am very careful in the interpretation of these signs. Let’s look at the situation with a sober head, “said Dragov.
He also noted that the sanctions against Russia work, the world can be achieved if Ukraine protects itself – and otherwise he cannot be achieved in any way: “I again confirmed [Putin] Italian desire to cooperate in laying a way to the world that with His parties were accepted. “