Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a formula proposed by Germany three years ago as a way of breaking the deadlock for achieving peace in the Donbas conflict would only be implemented once four-way talks take place with Russia, Germany, and France.
Fielding questions during a marathon news conference in Kyiv on October 10, Zelensky said the blueprint proposed in 2016 by then-German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier would be enshrined in a new “special status” law for the separatist-controlled territories and drafted only after the so-called Normandy format discussions take place.
