Zelenskyy had to make decision "today" to withdraw troops from Donbas, - Peskov
The Kremlin believes that Ukraine must withdraw its troops "today" from the parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions under its control.
This was reported by Censor.NET, citing Russian media.
What is known?
Zelenskyy needs to make a decision "today" to withdraw the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Donbas territory, he should have made that decision "yesterday," said Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Russian dictator.
According to him, the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Donetsk region would allegedly "allow the active phase of the conflict to be halted and save a large number of lives."
Earlier, President Zelenskyy stated that Russia is demanding that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the Kyiv-controlled territory of Donbas within two months.
What preceded it?
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters that the United States had linked its security guarantee proposal to the condition that Kyiv cede the entire Donbas region to Russia.
- At the same time, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s claim that Washington was ready to provide security guarantees in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Donbas a lie.
