He noted that the Russian side has repeatedly emphasized that it is not fighting the Ukrainian people, but the Nazis who have settled in Kyiv, who seized power in the country during a coup d'état.
“At the same time, our enemies are not shy about their means - on their conscience (although this word is hardly applicable to them) - thousands of destroyed houses, ruined lives, refugees and destitute people.
And therefore, any negotiations with the current puppet Ukrainian leadership became absolutely meaningless last year, ”Medvedev said.
Earlier, the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on the call of the German authorities to “talk” to resolve the situation in Ukraine, recalled that Kyiv had legally banned dialogue with Moscow.