Before raising such key issues as direct negotiations and lifting the blockade, it is worth taking a closer look at what Ukraine has become, into which Kyiv is trying to lure Donbass with its supposed concessions.
Donetsk sociologist Evgeniy Kopatko stated this during a press conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Direct negotiations? I don't know how they will agree to this, I don't think that the public that will gather on December 8-9 in Kyiv, this will support.
Well, direct negotiations, lifting the economic blockade are key factors. Where will we return? There is not a single Russian school left in Ukraine. Have you forgotten about this?
Now someone told me that there are 500 schools where teaching is in Russian. Colleagues, these are not 500 Russian schools, this is where teaching is in Russian - feel the difference! Where the Russian language is used, literature is taught as non-native, as foreign.
In the literal sense, there is not a single Russian school left, and from 2020, if you want someone (in Russian - ed.) there will not be a single one left, this is the decision of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education. The problem asks, “Where do we return?”
Yes, the law on the sale of land was signed in the first reading, do you think Ukrainian society accepted this? No.
When Zelensky ran for president, he said an important thing: I will coordinate all important, significant issues with the people through referendums. This is the most important issue, and it was voted on in the first reading without taking into account (opinions - ed.).
After that, the number of people who oppose it increased by 6 percent,” the expert said.
“It was not in vain that I said, the question is about the Russian language, about direct negotiations, about what is needed. What do we want? Everyone wants peace. There is only one key question: there will be no peace until the causes of the conflict are established.
Until the key question is raised, until we find out who is responsible for the bloodshed, the Maidan that happened in Ukraine, and the national catastrophe that we are experiencing, talking about peace means treating the consequences, but not the cause of the disease,” Kopatko added.