Russian MP reveals how the operation to Ukraine will end

MOSCOW – Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine could end if Kiev agrees to negotiate. The statement was made by the head of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma, Andrey Kartapolov, on Wednesday (1/6/2022).

“The operation will develop according to plan, and, I think, will end when the current Ukrainian leadership is ‘ripe’ for negotiations,” Kartapolov said in an interview with RIA Novosti news agency.

He said the situation on the ground had changed and Ukrainian forces were starting to crack.

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The last round of face-to-face talks between the two countries was held on March 29 in Istanbul, where Kiev proposed signing an international agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for agreeing to the neutral status that Russia had been demanding since before the conflict began.

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However, the talks eventually broke down and both sides continued to blame each other for the lack of progress in negotiations.

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On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited Moscow and Kiev to hold a new round of talks in Istanbul.

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