Vladimir Zelensky (Photo: NV)
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He said this at a briefing on Thursday, February 24.
“This morning has gone down in history, but this story is absolutely different for our country and for Russia. And we broke off diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukraine is defending itself and will not give up its freedom, no matter what they think in Moscow,” Zelensky said.
On the night of February 22 Ukrainian Foreign Minister signed a submission addressed to President Volodymyr Zelensky with a proposal to break off diplomatic relations with Russia.
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba saidthat, in his opinion, such a decision should have been made back in 2014:
“Currently, we have analyzed all the possible consequences, scenarios for the development of events … and came to the conclusion that the decision is timely, thoughtful and meets the interests of Ukraine,” he stressed.
In the Kremlin, the scenario of processing the issue of breaking diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation called “highly objectionable”.
At five in the morning on February 24, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to launch a “special operation” in the Donbass after the request of the “DNR” and “LNR” groups. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the introduction of martial law in Ukraine.
Former non-staff adviser to the Office of the President Alexei Arestovich stated that As a result of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, more than 40 people have already diedDozens were injured.
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