Russia-Ukraine War: While the bombing of the Russian army in many hotspots in Ukraine continues, there are reports of an optimistic atmosphere in the negotiations that opened this week in Istanbul. Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reported today (Friday) that the Russian military has evacuated the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, after controlling it for weeks. However, according to the report, the Russian army took with it an “unspecified” number of Ukrainian prisoners.
The Energoatom nuclear agency, which operates all of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, reported that when the Russian army left the Chernobyl power plant, they took with them members of the National Guard, who had been held hostage since February 24, the agency’s telegram said. , Quoting local workers, the agency added that “there is no more foreign power at the Chernobyl power station. “When they left, the Russian soldiers marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with Belarus, and a small number of soldiers remained at the station.”
As you may recall, the negotiation talks opened this week for another round of talks and that the atmosphere in the talks is optimistic. However, Ukrainian representatives stated that Russia seems “determined to occupy more territory in eastern Ukraine” and that another week of negotiations is definitely needed. After three intense hours of talks, the Ukrainians announced that their country was doomed to abandon the idea of joining NATO, a key Russian demand in the talks, and discuss territorial claims. This, in exchange for security guarantees from several countries, including Israel. The military activity around the capital Kyiv, thus increasing the “mutual trust” between the parties.
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And the advice of Ukrainian President Mikhail Podolyak stated that Ukrainian demands for negotiations are the presentation of security guarantees from different countries, similar to Article 5 of the NATO Convention, which stipulates that Allies will consider each attack on one of them an attack on the whole Alliance. Ukraine demands that the issue of the Crimean peninsula be returned to the negotiating table.
Ukraine claims that the Russian statement that it will reduce the bombings in the country, is not visible on the ground, because they claim the army continues to strike hard in many parts of the country. In recent days there have been extremely difficult battles between the parties, though not in the vicinity of the capital Kyiv. Now, Russian officials say the goal is to occupy more territory in the Donbas region, where Russia is working to establish a state for the separatists, while President Vladimir Putin has already recognized its independence.