Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin "clearly" said that no negotiations with Kiev after the "invasion of the Kursk region" could be out of the question, and called rumors about any contacts for negotiations with Kiev. About it UNN reports with reference to TASS.
"The president (the Russian dictator – ED.) said this very clearly that after the attacks (operation – ed.) on the Kursk region began, and not even attacks, but the invasion of the territory of the Kursk region, there can be no question of any negotiations," Lavrov said.
According to him, Putin said that the Russian Federation will certainly assess this situation a little later.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky statedthat the purpose of the offensive on Kursk is to create a buffer zone.
The Ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation reacted to an article by the American edition of The Washington Post that Ukraine's military operation in the Kursk Region allegedly disrupted secret negotiations between the two countries. They say that there were no such negotiations, and recall the demands that Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward for a cease-fire.
a day later, Putin reacted to the events in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, accusing the "Kiev regime" of another attempt at provocations and accusing Ukraine of indiscriminately firing various types of weapons, including rockets at civilian buildings, residential buildings, ambulances.