An open meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation is devoted to the issue of possible recognition of the DPR and LPR
For the first time in recent years, an open meeting of the Russian Security Council is being held. In addition to the president of Russia, the director of the FSB, the minister of defense, the chief of the General Staff, the head of the Foreign Ministry, the chairmen of the upper and lower houses of parliament and other top federal officials take part in it.
A remarkable episode took place during the meeting. Russia's representative in the Trilateral Contact Group Dmitry Kozak, answering a question from Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine's readiness to implement the Minsk agreements, replied that Kiev was not going to implement these agreements. And it is not going to fulfill them under any circumstances.
At the same time, Dmitry Kozak, at the end of his speech, offered to express his opinion on an important, as he himself noted, issue.
Kozak:
To join or not to join...
Vladimir Putin looked inquiringly at the official and asked a question:
Kozak did not continue further. And President Putin suggested to Kozak that "we stop at this part of the speech for the time being."
During the meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke. He pointed out that along the entire line of contact, the number of attacks by Ukrainian troops increased, approaching the intensity of the 2014-15 model. According to Shoigu, a number of national battalions are not controlled by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard.
Putin:
After that, the president gave the floor to Dmitry Medvedev, who holds the post of deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Medvedev:
According to Medvedev, Zelensky is fooling his foreign colleagues.
Medvedev:
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