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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Russia talks to continue after call with Bennett on ‘honest peace’ – Zelensky
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says that talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will continue Tuesday.
Speaking in a video address, Zelensky says that the Ukrainian delegation did good work during Monday’s talks. He doesn’t provide further details.
“Pretty good, as I was told, but let’s see,” he says. “They’ll continue tomorrow.”
He says he spoke Monday to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as part of efforts to “quickly end the war” and achieve “honest peace.” Zelensky does not list Bennett with a number of other leaders he said he spoke to, who share “100% mutual understanding” with him, but he says talks with the Israeli premier were “also important.”
Bennett, who has sought to mediate a peaceful settlement and has kept lines with Moscow open, also spoke Monday to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky hails a Russian state TV employee who interrupted the main evening news program on Russian Channel 1 by running into a studio with a poster against the war in Ukraine. The employee was later arrested by police.
A woman burst onto Russia’s main live evening newscast today with a sign that says:
“Stop the war
Don’t believe propaganda
They’re lying to you”And chanting: “Stop the war! No to war!”pic.twitter.com/pKVKZFVEM3
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The Ukrainian president again addressed the Russian soldiers, urging them to stop fighting and saying: “I’m offering you a chance to survive.” He claims Russian forces have lost 80 aircraft, hundreds of tanks and more military equipment in 19 days of fighting, figures which cannot be independently verified.
In a bid to shore up the economy badly battered by the war, Zelensky also announcec a plan to sharply reduce taxes for business.
The Times of Israel Community.