On May 16, Russian Presidential Aide and Head of the Russian Delegation to the Russia-Ukraine negotiations, Mikhail Mezinskii, commented on the demand for "ceasefire before negotiation" in an interview with the Rossiya-1 TV channel, mentioning Napoleon's words: "War and negotiation are always carried out simultaneously."
Mezinskii said that the Russian delegation reminded the Ukrainian negotiators of the terms agreed upon in 2022, which is very important.
The reason for reminding the Ukrainian negotiators of the terms agreed upon in 2022 might be because they did not know or have forgotten them, or intentionally ignored them.
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