“Russia has expressed concern about the security of Russian-speaking people in eastern Ukraine. And quite frankly the only area where Russian-speaking people are suffering is in the area controlled by Russian forces. So if there is a different way to provide security for people without the presence of the Russian forces there that would probably be better for everybody as well,” the United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said in an interview to Deutsche Welle.
He said that he had very constructive meetings with Russian presidential aide Surkov in Minsk and Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. Moreover, he noted that there were things they are going to disagree on. He did not clarify the disagreement points. Volker added that all the sides expressed their dissatisfaction with the situation in Donbass.
“In fact it is likely to get worse. So it is urgent that we try to really move this issue”, he said.
The representative emphasized that Russia has not fulfilled Minsk agreements.
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