MOSCOW, June 9. /TASS/. The Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations with Russia three years ago was more independent and free than it is now. If there is no real peace, stopping the conflict in Ukraine may prompt a nuclear war, said Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine and Presidential Aide said in an interview with RT.
TASS has compiled Medinsky’s key statements.
It was difficult for the Russian representatives to travel to Istanbul for the second meeting after the terrorist attacks, when "Ukraine blew up a passenger train on purpose on the day of our departure and killed civilians and children."
It is the terrorist attacks from Kiev that trigger Russians' demands for tougher retaliatory measures: "Our population, our citizens demand much more violent actions from us, of course. After that, the people demand that Kiev and Lvov be dealt with Oreshnik, enough negotiations."
Ukraine refuses to accept the bodies of the fallen soldiers because "it is difficult for them to admit such losses."
