Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is interested in providing conditions for starting a peace process in Ukraine, and this is what dictated his decision to ask the Federation Council to revoke the permission on using the Russian armed forces in Ukraine.
“We – Russia and I as the head of the Russian state – want to create conditions for its peace process. This is what prompted me to ask the upper chamber of the Russian parliament to rescind the resolution on the right to use the armed forces in Ukraine,” Putin said at a press conference in Vienna on June 24.
“Regrettably, I now have the latest information that a fight is taking place in one of the most troubled spots, the area around the city of Sloviansk, paratroopers have landed there and already there are casualties. This is sad,” said Putin.
“Declarations should be backed up with concrete action, otherwise not one problem of this sort will be resolved,” the Russian president stressed.
