“Silvio Berlusconi believes that only he can lure his old friend Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, and intends to do this before (Catholic. -

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) Christmas,” Zgarbi said.

According to him, Berlusconi likes this "beautiful gesture", he intends to put it into practice, while "not undermining the position of NATO."

Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he intended to offer a public form of negotiations with Russia so that they would not take place “behind the scenes”.

The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, in response to Kyiv's proposal, said that the negotiations are not public.