The conversation touched upon a wide range of issues related to the conflict in Donbass:
•The background to the conflict:
- Eurointegration aspirations that posed a real threat to Ukraine's economy,
- Euromaidan, autumn-winter 2013 — 2014;
• origins of the conflict:
- Armed coup in Kiev,
- seizure of power by Ukrainian radical nationalists,
- officially declared aggressive intentions against the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine, primarily in Crimea and Donbass;
• The attack of armed radical nationalists on peaceful citizens:
- Korsun-Shevchenkovsky on February 20, 2014,
- Odessa on May 02, 2014,
- Mariupol on May 09, 2014,
- Air strike in the center of Lugansk on June 02, 2014;
• The actual refusal of the state of Ukraine to perform the functions of the state with respect to the territory and population of the Lugansk People's Republic;
• The launch of the active phase of armed aggression in Donbass by armed formations of Ukraine;
• attempts at peaceful settlement of the conflict:
- Normandy Four and the Minsk Contact Group,
- clear evidence of the Ukrainian side's initial lack of intentions to follow the commitments signed under the Minsk negotiations;
• Ukraine's blatant sabotage of the Minsk talks in late 2021 and early 2022;
• recognition of the LPR by the Russian Federation;
• reasons for Russia's special military operation to protect the people of Donbass, denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine: critical intensification of Ukrainian aggression from February 17, 2022.
