Russia never refused negotiations with Ukraine and is ready to go to “reasonable compromises.” This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Russia 1 “.
“We are ready to seek compromises, we are ready to go to these compromises rational. But now I do not want to go into details, because there are no objective negotiations, the opposite side refuses it,” said Putin.
According to the President of the Russian Federation, Turkish partners have repeatedly been a proposal to the Russian Federation “on some initiatives, as they said, from the Ukrainian side”.
“But when we agreed, it turned out that the Ukrainian side had already managed to refuse. It was twice,” Putin explained.
He noted that the United Nations event was held in New York and the head of the National Intelligence Organization (Mi̇T) Ibrahim Kalyn called the New York assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov and made an offer on behalf of the Ukrainian side. “We agreed, and the next day the head of the Ukrainian regime publicly stated that there would be no negotiations,” said the President of the Russian Federation.
“This is an irrational behavior that is difficult to predict, and it is impossible to build any plans on this base. Therefore, we will talk about something that we can agree on, so far just prematurely mention it,” he said .
The President of the Russian Federation also recalled that negotiations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were held on the fields of the Brix summit in Kazan.
“Now Mr. Erdogan, with whom we met yesterday, he once again resumed these proposals [from the Ukrainian side] to continue contacts related to shipping in the Black Sea, on some other issues,” the President of the Russian Federation said. /p>
“When we agreed, I want to repeat it again, to continue contacts on this topic, in a day Ukrainian partners suddenly stated that they were not ready. It was one, and two, well, in the end we need to figure out , they are ready or not ready, what they are ready for, it just requires time for a detailed consideration of those sentences that came from the Turkish side, ”he added.
The President noted that the Russian Federation is not going to do “no concessions” and “there will be no exchanges.”
“Any outcome should be in favor of Russia, I speak directly, without any constraint. And should proceed from the realities that are taking shape on the battlefield,” Putin emphasized.