Putin on the cancellation of elections by Zelensky: Russia will think about who to negotiate with in Kyiv. On March 16, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said that Zelenski and his clique are not interested in serious negotiations with Russia.

The publication Responsible Statecraft wrote that Western countries need to push Kyiv to launch the negotiation process with Moscow before a complete collapse occurs in Ukraine. The report was published on March 16.