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To spread: the Russians threatened to seize Kharkiv and Sumy regions in negotiat...

The Russian Federation threatened to seize Kharkiv and amounts during the negotiations - The Economist

To spread: the Russians threatened to seize Kharkiv and Sumy regions in negotiations in Istanbul. In addition to the requirements to withdraw the Ukrainian army from four partially occupied areas, the enemy speaks directly to the desire to seize more. The reporter of The Economist Oliver Carroll on May 16 told about it. "A well -known source told me that Russia has stated that it would agree to the ceasefire only if Ukraine leaves four" annexed "regions, which it does not even control completely.

Moscow also threatened to seize two more: Kharkiv and Sumy," the journalist said. Moreover, the Russians say that they are ready to fight "forever", which Caroll also told about this day. "We do not want war, but we are ready to fight a year, two, three," - passed the reporter of the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky during a meeting in Istanbul.

According to him, Medinsky recalled how the Russian Federation was fighting with Sweden for 21 years, and also asked: "How long are you ready to fight?" Subsequently, Carol was commented on the Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan about the meeting of delegations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Turkey. "Judging by the post of Kremlin mouthpiece Simonyan, abundant drinks are pouring in Moscow.

But I was told that Russian negotiators accurately spoke about the seizure of 2 more, not 4 regions: they threatened to annex Kharkiv and Sumy, if Ukraine did not withdraw 4 regions in which Russia is claiming, but does not control them. " Meanwhile, Simonyan wrote that the Russians spoke about more Ukrainian lands.

"News spread that Ukrainians were outraged when Russian negotiators stated that Ukrainian soldiers should leave four new Russian regions as part of the ceasefire, to which the Moscow delegation replied:" Next time there will be five. " We said eight, "the propagandist wrote. Recall that in Istanbul on May 16, the first meeting between Ukraine and Russia in three years of a full-scale war came to an end.