The spokesperson for the President of Russia, Dmitri Peskov, reported that on 25 February, Vladimir Putin had ordered the halting of Russian troops in Ukraine because of the expected negotiations. However, Mr. Peskov said that since the Ukrainian side had refused to negotiate, the Russian armed forces ‘ operation plan had resumed.
” Last day, in connection with the pending negotiations with the Ukrainian leadership, the Commander-in-Chief and the President of Russia ordered the suspension of the movement of the main forces of the Russian troops ” , a story to the journalists of Dmitri Peskov (the TAS quote). In view of Kiev ‘ s rejection of the negotiations, ” the promotion of the main Russian forces in accordance with the plan for the operation ” was resumed this afternoon by the representative of Kreml.
On 25 February, the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, appealed to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to ” sit at the negotiating table to stop the loss of life ” . Then, according to the MFA, Kiev withdrew from the negotiations and proposed to discuss the matter today, 26 February. The office of the Ukrainian President denied the rejection of negotiations with Russia.
