Russia reiterates its readiness to negotiate at UN, but with conditions

Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, has claimed that Moscow is ready to "achieve the goals of the war" through negotiations if "there is no longer a threat for Russia in Ukraine".

Source: Nebenzya, at the UN Security Council meeting, quoted by RBC

Quote: "It will be possible to end the hostilities only when the threat for Russia no longer emanates from the territory of Ukraine and when the discrimination against the Russian-speaking population of this country ends.

Russia is ready for a scenario, in which this can be achieved peacefully, through negotiations. Otherwise, Moscow will get what it wants militarily".

Details: Nebenzya claimed that Russia does not want "the destruction of Ukraine as a state, its de-Ukrainianisation and forced Russification''.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's "peace initiative" also upset Nebenzya because the Ukrainian leader refuses to negotiate with dictator Vladimir Putin.

Background: Meanwhile, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine states that Russia switches to "wartime economy" in preparation for drawn-out war.

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