Moscow imposed the Transnistrian scenario on Kyiv in Donbass – Tuka
Kyiv violated the status quo that had been established for several years in the negotiation process, allegedly taking the first step towards recognizing Donbass as a party to the conflict, which threatens to radically change the entire situation not in favor of Ukraine.
Former Deputy Minister for “Occupied Territories” Georgiy Tuka stated this on the ATR TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I had a conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova on this topic, and the Moldovan authorities today believe that it was their strategic mistake when they agreed, under pressure from General Lebed, to start the so-called. direct negotiations between Chisinau and Tiraspol.
In fact, the next day Russia announced that it was withdrawing from the negotiations as a party to the conflict, and about three months later, simply certain units of the 14th Army of the Russian Federation painted their helmets blue, and part of Moldova was occupied, only under the guise of peacekeepers.
This is the scenario they are trying to sell us, this is the one called direct negotiations with Donetsk and Lugansk. All these years, fully understanding the further consequences, Ukraine categorically refused.
In addition, we now always call it the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk, which three parties? Ukraine, Russia, OSCE. Negotiations are ongoing between Ukraine and Russia, the negotiations are moderated by the OSCE. Lavrov states: truly trilateral negotiations are taking place in Minsk between Kiev and Donetsk, Kiev and Lugansk, and Russia and the OSCE are moderators. This configuration of positions has remained unchanged since 2014,” said Tuka.
“And what is happening now? The so-called representatives of certain regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, I emphasize, they were so designated by the head of President Zelensky’s office, Mr. Ermak, with his signature, and this fact is documented. On one side is his signature, on the other is Kozak’s signature, and it is written “I agree, Ermak.”
So, these people present a political ultimatum to the Ukrainian delegation on resolving political issues, and our side takes this document, and the leader of our group instructs the members of our group to begin work on studying it.
Whether someone likes it or doesn't like it, it doesn't matter what the answer is. The first step of what is called direct negotiations has taken place,” the “ex-Gauleiter” laments.
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