(Finance) – The news on the day of the second round of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev is that the Russians would be ready to suspend military attacks and create humanitarian corridors to allow the Ukrainian civilian population to leave the country. The Russian Defense Ministry has indeed announced a “pause in Russian military operations in Ukraine to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors “.
“Are ready to create humanitarian corridors anywhere, anytime “. The Russian defense minister said so, according to Interfax reports. Russia would also be ready for dialogue with the West on security guarantees and on issues relating to strategic stability. The Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, told the Rbc, according to reports from TAS
Meanwhile, the Russian president Vladimir Putin has pressured French President Emmanuel Macron to do everything possible to have all foreigners evacuated from Ukraine. This was reported by Tass referring to the contents of today’s telephone interview.
Putin will continue his fight against the nationalists in Ukraine “without compromises”. The Russian president himself told Macron, adding that he could also increase his demands on Kiev.
The phone call of an hour and a half – today – between Macron and Putin it was wanted by the Russian president and it was an opportunity to verify “the Russian president’s determination to go through with the operation in Ukraine”: it was learned from Elysée sources, according to whom Putin phoned Macron “to inform him about the situation and his intentions in the framework of the dialogue that Moscow and Paris continue to maintain “.