Leonid Slutsky

"Washington does not need peace in Ukraine, and therefore the United States has suspended negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv", a member of the negotiating group with Kyiv and the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said.

Ukrainian officials said today that Russian forces had launched a comprehensive attack on the Azovstal steel and iron works plant near Mariupol.
As the commander of the Azov regiment, Denys Prokopenko, said, the Ukrainian forces inside the factory have been waging "difficult, bloody battles" for the second day, reports the BBC.

Russia and Ukraine have completed negotiations on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. The next meeting of the delegations will take place on the Polish-Belarusian border in the next few days, said the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, who is an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, TASS reported.

Negotiations, the outcome of which is expected by the whole world, have been going on for more than three hours.
A solution for Ukraine is possible only if Russia's interest is taken into account, Putin told Macron.
Putin presented Macron with the conditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine.
- Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine started today in the Gomel region, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed.
The delegations were welcomed by Vladimir Makei, head of the administration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
"You can feel completely safe. It is our sacred duty!" Makei said, Ukrainian paper Justice reports.

The Russian delegation, as Nexta media reported, will be represented by Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Grizlov, MP Leonid Slutsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin. The head of the delegation is Vladimir Medinsky.

  NATO foreign ministers have vowed that the Western alliance will continue to adapt in the face of "rising threats and systemic competition," and underlined that "Russia's aggressive actions constitute a threat to Euro-Atlantic security."

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Russian State Duma, on Friday discussed the situation in the region and expressed concern over the concept of a so-called Greater Albania, noting the threat that it represents to regional stability.

Aleksandar Vucic and Leonid Slutsky, chair of the Russian Duma Committee on International Affairs, met in Belgrade and discussed "the situation in the region."

During the meeting on Friday, they "expressed concern over the concept of a so-called Greater Albania, noting the threat that it represents to regional stability," Tanjug said, quoting a government press release.

Aleksandar Vucic and Leonid Slutsky, chair of the Russian Duma Committee on International Affairs, met in Belgrade and discussed "the situation in the region."

During the meeting on Friday, they "expressed concern over the concept of a so-called Greater Albania, noting the threat that it represents to regional stability," Tanjug said, quoting a government press release.