“Our dialogue with Russia is frozen,” said adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and a member of the Kyiv team for talks with Moscow Mykhailo Podoliak, UNIAN reports.
“The dialogue has been suspended. Moscow today launched a large-scale military operation in the Donbas (a region in eastern Ukraine that is partially controlled by pro-Russian separatists),” said an official in the presidential administration.
According to Podoliak, the negotiation process is complicated by the situation in Mariupol. The city on the Sea of Azov is the scene of heavy fighting between the Kiev army and Russian troops.
The presidential aide also noted that both our and Russia’s position during the dialogue depends on the outcome of the fighting in Donbass and Mariupol.