[Korrespondent] 23:07 Putin signed a decree on a one-time payment of 195 thousand rubles to mobilized and contract soldiers. The decree applies "to legal relations that arose after September 21."
23:05 The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war reported that since March 16, 1,138 people have been released from captivity - civilians and military.
22:56 Zelensky commented on the IAEA visit in the evening video message: "Today's conclusion of the IAEA is quite obvious. The mission of the organization visited all those objects that Russian representatives mentioned when they told their fantasies about the so-called" dirty bomb ". We invited the IAEA to check it. We gave them complete freedom of action at the relevant facilities and received clear and irrefutable evidence that no one in Ukraine created any "dirty bomb" and does not create. And the only thing that is dirty in our region now is the heads of those in Moscow who, unfortunately, has seized control of the Russian state and is terrorizing Ukraine and the whole world."
The president also commented on the situation at the front: "As for the front, the guys are moving forward. As for the grain, the ships are moving. As for the occupiers, they are also behind the ships."
22:47 Zelensky said in an evening video message that as of this evening alone, about 4.5 million consumers were temporarily disconnected from power supply according to emergency and stabilization schedules, in particular, in Kiev and ten regions. The President appealed to the local authorities with a request to ensure that in all cities and communities of Ukraine there is no unnecessary use of electricity - "now is definitely not the time for bright shop windows, signs, advertisements and other similar lighting."
“I also appeal to energy companies. Please, explain to people more actively when and why you turn off this or that street, this or that area. Now is the time for such micro-communications. People have the right to know. consumers," Zelensky stressed.
22:08 Ukrenergo announced that on Friday, November 4, from 00:00 to 24:00 hourly shutdown schedules will operate in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Zaporozhye regions, as well as in the Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava regions. And from 07:00 to 22:00 - in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.
21:43 Zaluzhny said that he spoke by phone with the Supreme Commander of the NATO Allied Forces in Europe and the Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli: "We discussed the situation at the front. It is tense, but controlled. The enemy has tripled the intensity of hostilities in certain areas "Up to 80 attacks daily. Thanks to the courage and skill of our warriors, we are holding the line."
During the conversation, the parties also noted the problem of Russian missile attacks and the use of attack drones. "Our partners understand the need to supply Ukraine with anti-missile and air defense systems and are making significant efforts to this end," the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assured.
21:38 Foreign Ministry Speaker Oleg Nikolenko stated the importance of intensifying efforts on the part of Beijing to end Russia's war against Ukraine. He recalled that the Russian Federation carried out rocket attacks on a terminal rented by a Chinese corporation in the Nikolaev Sea Port, as a result of which 17,000 tons of sunflower oil worth $26 million were destroyed. The second terminal, owned by China, is under the threat of shelling.
"We call on the Chinese side to demand from Moscow an immediate cessation of attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure in order to protect, among other things, the property of Chinese enterprises," Nikolenko said.
21:10 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, expressed confidence that the Ukrainian military could liberate Kherson: “Will the Ukrainians be able to liberate the rest of the territory of the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper: I certainly believe that they are capable of doing this. And most importantly, that Ukrainians believe they can do it." He added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already making "methodical and extremely effective efforts" to win back Ukrainian territories.
21:08 The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on Ukraine to hold a meeting at the level of experts to study data on the use of Iranian drones by the Russian army.
20:39 US officials keeping records of American military assistance to Ukraine found no evidence of theft and smuggling , said Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder. The inspections were carried out by a team of employees from the American embassy in Kyiv and the office of the military attache. Checks have taken place over the past few months in various parts of Ukraine, remote from the front line. "We have received no evidence of widespread theft of US military aid in Ukraine," Ryder said.
20:32 A court in Sevastopol declared 17 people dead from the military unit in which the sailors from the cruiser Moscow served. Information about this was published in the court file, Russian media write. The cases on which decisions have been published are on the recognition of citizens "missing without a trace or on declaring them dead." The applicants in these cases indicated the commander of military unit 42948 - part of the cruiser Moskva, as well as the parents of the dead military. 16 cases were considered in June-August, one more - in September. In 12 cases, the decision has already entered into force.
20:26 Zelensky said at a briefing that if Russia uses nuclear weapons for the Russian Federation itself, this will have devastating consequences: "The use of nuclear weapons already indicates that this is a nuclear war, World War III. What then to talk about? What's the difference, what will happen after World War III If Russia uses nuclear weapons, then the world we live in will no longer exist, that is, there will be a completely different world in which the state that used nuclear weapons will definitely not exist. I'm sure... They won't hold on to their state, nor their political positions within the state. I think that they will understand the revolutionary processes within their state."
Zelensky noted that, on the one hand, it is difficult to take the scenario of the use of nuclear weapons seriously, but at the same time, it is difficult to call the steps that the military-political leadership of Russia took on Ukrainian soil adequate or dictated by military necessity. The President expressed his conviction that for Russia the war in Ukraine was a losing one from the very beginning, and it is only a matter of time before the Russian Federation realizes its defeat.
20:19 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Moldovan President Maia Sandu: "We discussed the current energy problems and security challenges for our countries, as well as Russian air terror, which has now affected Moldova as well. We exchanged assessments of a missile fall on its territory."
19:38 Serhiy Prytula said that the collection for British Spartan armored personnel carriers has been completed. At first, they planned to purchase 50 cars for 200 million hryvnias, but the money would be enough for 60. The collection lasted a day and a half.
19:11 Russia's sick fantasy about Ukraine's "dirty bomb" forced the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit our country. As expected, there were no signs of undeclared nuclear activity at three sites in Ukraine that Russia has pointed to as sites where a "dirty bomb" is allegedly being built. Read more in the material Nuclear blackmail .
18:47 Zelensky said that today in Kiev he held "very meaningful negotiations" with Greek President Ekaterina Sakellaropoulou, which are important for both countries: "He spoke about the situation on the front line. We appreciate the first batch of BMP-1 sent to our country - this is really important. We discussed further Greece's ability to help Ukraine restore our territorial integrity, as well as the sanctions policy against Russia, energy threats to Ukraine and all of Europe, the restoration of our state after hostilities."
18:36 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite the announced completion of partial mobilization in Russia, the recruitment of "volunteers" continues to participate in the war against Ukraine. These "volunteers" can be men with expunged convictions, without restrictions on age and health status, except for persons who have the official status of a disabled person. To avoid legal and financial obligations, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation does not conclude contracts with them.
Previously mobilized personnel have a low level of moral and psychological state, which leads to emergencies in places of deployment. Thus, in the units of the 57th motorized rifle division of the so-called territorial troops, at the stage of coordination in Kazan, more than 15 soldiers and sergeants arbitrarily left the unit, and during the redeployment to Ukraine, two more mobilized committed suicide.
In addition, the main problem of the already operating occupation units, apart from private military campaigns, is the low level of personnel training and the rapid failure of military equipment removed from storage that has not undergone appropriate maintenance.
18:07 Zelensky announced that he had met with US Senators Christopher Koons and Rob Portman: "We feel real support for Ukraine both at the level of parties and at the level of American society. I am grateful to President Biden, the White House and his team for the powerful assistance to our army. This is one of our priorities today."
18:03 The Parliament of Bulgaria supported the resolution on the supply of military and technical assistance to Ukraine. The document was supported by 175 parliamentarians, 49 opposed, three more abstained. Now the Bulgarian government must submit to the parliament a draft decision on arms supplies to Ukraine within 30 days.
17:54 Zelensky said that he would not participate in the G20 summit in Indonesia if Putin was present: "My personal and Ukraine's position was that if the leader of the Russian Federation takes part, then Ukraine will not take part."
At the same time, he added that Ukraine is preparing for the upcoming summit, and recalled that today he discussed preparations for it with the President of Indonesia: "In any case, we were invited again today. We'll see, there are a few days left."
17:39 The invaders say they are ready to retreat, but at the same time they are preparing for street fighting in Kherson and mining critical infrastructure. Details about what is happening in Kherson - in the material The enemy depicts a retreat.
17:25 The foreign ministers of the G7 countries gathered for a two-day meeting in Germany, where, in particular, they plan to work out a plan for further support for Ukraine after the recent Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure.
16:56 The Times writes, citing sources in the Russian government, that Putin was convinced of the need to invade Ukraine by Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and FSB director Alexander Bortnikov. They believed that they were running out of time to "resolve the issue of Western aggression," and for this, in their opinion, it was necessary to "finally solve the problem of Ukraine."
The interlocutor of the publication said that Patrushev and Bortnikov made a fundamental decision to invade before the end of last summer, after which they had to prepare forces for the strike and finally convince Putin to start the operation. At the same time, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to the publication, doubted the attack. The Russian elites were mostly not informed about the plans to start a war, and most members of the Security Council only learned about the preparations for the invasion at a meeting on February 21.
16:43 The Czech Republic adopted a resolution recognizing the Russian government as a terrorist regime. Also, the Czech Republic does not recognize the results of pseudo-referenda on the accession to Russia of the four occupied regions of Ukraine. This is already the third country (after Estonia and Poland) that has adopted the corresponding resolution.
16:12 Switzerland has banned Germany from supplying Ukraine with ammunition for the Gepard tank, writes Die Zeit. The Ministry of Economy explained this by the Swiss neutrality law, which does not allow satisfying the request for the transfer of military equipment of Swiss origin. According to the publication, in late October, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht asked Switzerland to allow about 12,400 rounds of ammunition to be transferred to Ukraine, but was refused for the same reason.
16:09 The IAEA said it had completed inspections at three sites in Ukraine in connection with the alleged creation of a "dirty bomb" and found no signs of undeclared nuclear activity.
16:02 Ukraine held another prisoner exchange: 107 soldiers were released - six officers, 101 privates and sergeants, Yermak said. These are defenders from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Navy, Troop, State Border Guard Service, NPU, GSST, National Guardsmen, including three Azov. Of these, 74 fighters defended Azovstal. Some of them volunteered to fly by helicopter to Mariupol to save lives and fight for the city.
In particular, many of the wounded in battle were returned: seriously wounded and bedridden from Mariupol, from Azovstal, with shrapnel wounds to their arms and legs, gunshot wounds to various parts of the body. There are people with amputations and burns who do not feel part of the face, with infected wounds. Also a wounded fighter as a result of an explosion in the Yelenovskaya colony. Many of them were injured back in March.
15:56 Bodies of 868 killed civilians have been found in the de-occupied territories of Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions since the beginning of the full-scale war, the National Police reported. In addition, 34 torture facilities were found on the territory of the de-occupied regions: 24 in Kharkiv region, three each in Kherson and Kyiv, two in Sumy region and one each in Donetsk and Chernihiv.
15:20 The Rada adopted the state budget for 2023, in which revenues are planned at the level of UAH 1.33 trillion, expenses - UAH 2.58 trillion, of which UAH 1.14 trillion are for defense. The budget deficit will amount to UAH 1.25 trillion ($38 billion), that is, more than $3 billion a month. Inflation is set at 28%, the average annual dollar exchange rate is UAH 42.2, and the rate by the end of the year is UAH 45.8. It is assumed that Ukraine's GDP will grow by 3.2%, the minimum wages and salaries of state employees will not increase.
14:59 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted bill No. 8081 on granting vacations to military personnel during martial law, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. Now the military can take up to ten days of vacation without taking into account the time required to get to the place of vacation. One way it can be no more than two days. Cash payments are kept.
14:52 The Russians are simulating a retreat from the right bank of the Kherson region in order to mislead the Ukrainian command , Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "We are monitoring the situation and realize that these may be certain tricks and military maneuvers in order to create the right built defense. These are certain provocations in order to create the impression that the settlements are abandoned, that they are safe. But given that they were preparing for street fighting, we are aware of the planned tactics of action. Do not rush to rejoice, we must understand that a hybrid war also implies such information stuffing, attacks.
According to Gumenyuk, regular units of the Russian Federation remain in Kherson and other settlements, dressing up as civilians and moving into abandoned houses. This is done to create a picture that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly open fire on civilians.
In addition, the Russians completely blocked traffic across the Dnieper River. This may indicate that they are trying to use the crossings solely for their own purposes. "There is a continuation of hostilities. We keep fire control. In particular, the crossing of the Antonovsky bridge cannot be used due to significant damage," Gumenyuk added. According to her, the Russians are preparing for the defense of the Kherson region: they are trying to mine the approaches, equipping trenches and reinforced concrete structures.
14:45 This night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered "effective strikes" on an alternative crossing in the area of ​​the Antonovsky Bridge, which critically complicates the enemy's logistics, OK Pivden reported. In addition, in the area of ​​​​Chernobaevka, a cluster of equipment was hit, which the enemy was trying to withdraw to other places of deployment.
14:41 In Melitopol, as a result of a morning strike on the Refma enterprise, where one of the first Russian military bases was located, a hangar was damaged, where 80 units of enemy equipment were located, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. The top three floors of the office building where the FSB headquarters were located were also destroyed. Fedorov added that if earlier the occupiers placed several military bases in Melitopol, now they use the entire city as a military base.
14:24 The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador and protested in connection with the active participation of the kingdom in the training of the Ukrainian military. The agency also said that Moscow has information about the transfer of London to Kyiv "a certain number of unmanned underwater vehicles." The ambassador was pointed out "the inadmissibility of hostile provocations, a demand was put forward to stop them immediately."
14:20 During a telephone conversation with Erdogan, Putin assured him that he was not going to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, said Ibrahim Kalyn, a spokesman for the Turkish president. He also said that Ankara intends to invite both sides to return to negotiations. At present, according to the Turkish diplomat, there are no advances on the front, "none of the parties looks like a winner in this war."
14:09 From the boarding schools of Kherson, the invaders took the children to the territory of Crimea, they were placed on the basis of one of the psychiatric hospitals in Simferopol. Also, prisoners from the Kherson colony were transported to the territory of Crimea, according to the GUR MOU. Local residents warn that all berths (even small rural ones) should be empty. If any floating craft are found, they will either be destroyed or confiscated.
Over the past few weeks, the relocation of collaborators and representatives of the occupation administration to boarding houses located on the Arabat Spit has continued. The owners of recreation centers are forced to resettle the "immigrants". In addition, the Russian military is looking for free premises for resettlement.
Currently, the military of the Russian Federation is actively using the road through the Arabat Spit between Crimea and the Kherson region. Until February 24, this road was not used, as it was dug up. After the invasion, engineering units of the RF Armed Forces restored the dirt road and transport links, which made it possible to reduce the route from Crimea to Kherson, and later to Donetsk region, by approximately 120 km.
13:37 In October, Russian troops transferred to Belarus about 1,500 railway platforms with weapons and military equipment, up to 200 passenger cars, as well as more than 100 freight cars with military equipment, said Alexei Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the enemy is transferring units of the 1st Tank Army to Belarus, primarily the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division, along with equipment and just mobilized. They are placed at the main military training grounds of Belarus.
Gromov noted that the situation is stable in the Volyn, Zhytomyr and Kiev directions, there are no signs of the formation of offensive groups. However, the situation is ambiguous. According to him, it takes at least 2-3 months to form a strike force to attack Ukraine from Belarus. So far, everything looks like Russia is simply diverting the attention of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction.
13:14 The "authorities" of Kherson explained the absence of the Russian flag on the building of the former regional administration by the fact that the "government" moved to Genichesk, and there were no Russian administrative departments in it initially.
12:57 Russia resumed participation in the inspection of ships in the Black Sea, now there are eight ships in the humanitarian corridor, the UN reported.
12:36 The Russians are trying to surround the Ukrainian military near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, but they are suffering heavy losses, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, according to him, in the area of ​​the village of Pavlovka, fierce battles are constantly going on, there is a positional war. Defense Forces hold positions.
Cherevaty noted that the Bakhmut and Avdeevka directions remain the most active: "The enemy there is constantly trying to conduct assault, attacking actions and strikes at our positions and settlements. Our troops managed to repel all attacks."
12:32 Zelensky said that he had discussed with Indonesian President Joko Widodo the importance of continuing the grain initiative. "Ukraine is ready to continue to be a guarantor of global food security. A separate topic of our conversation was the preparation for the G20 summit," Zelensky said.
11:51 Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov said that the IT army had gained access to the networks of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation: "We have a lot of interesting things about personnel, specialized automated banking systems, their source files, the principles of their interaction, CCI systems and other materials that circulate in networks of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and are already being analyzed by our specialists. In his telegram channel, he published the first 27 thousand files.
11:47 Ukrenergo warned consumers in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kirovohrad regions that emergency shutdown schedules continue to operate in these regions due to yesterday's Russian strikes on energy infrastructure facilities.
11:39 Kuleba said in an interview with the Spanish radio station Cadena SER that "people of good will" are behind the attack on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the waters of Sevastopol. The minister also stressed that Ukraine has never used the grain corridor for military purposes.
11:24 Kherson publics write that the Russian tricolor has disappeared from the building of the regional state administration. It is also reported that the Russian army left its checkpoints in Chernobaevka, Stepanovka and Belozerka.
11:21 Zaluzhny said that during the full-scale aggression, the defenders of Ukraine destroyed twice as many Russian aircraft as lost by the Soviet Union during the ten years of the war in Afghanistan: 278 Russian aircraft in Ukraine against 118 Soviet aircraft in Afghanistan. "This war is just as disgraceful for the Russian Federation and will cause its destruction," the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
11:12 "Deputy head of administration" of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov announced a strike on the administration building of the occupied Hola Pristan. The building is almost completely destroyed, but there are no victims, according to Stremousov.
10:50 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said that Kiev did not take on any new obligations that would go beyond those already existing within the framework of the grain agreement. According to him, this sea route has never been used by Ukraine for military purposes.
10:28 Collaborator Kirill Stremousov said that the intensification of hostilities in the Kherson region could occur in the next 1.5-2 weeks, fighting in Kherson itself is possible.
10:00 Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos arrived in Ukraine on a visit. They have scheduled meetings with Zelensky and Reznikov.
09:57 British intelligence believes that the Russian soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine are probably disappointed that they are forced to use old infantry fighting vehicles, which they call "tin cans." In mid-October, against the background of Ukrainian offensives, the loss of Russian armored vehicles increased to more than 40 units per day, which is approximately equivalent to the combat capability of a battalion.
In recent weeks, Russia has likely received at least 100 additional tanks and infantry fighting vehicles from Belarusian stocks. Armored units and artillery are central to the way war is waged in Russia. In the meantime, Ukrainian forces are currently having difficulty finding both artillery ammunition and enough serviceable replacement armored vehicles.
09:22 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 3.
- personnel - about 74,000 (+730) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2734 (+20),
- armored combat vehicles - 5552 (+27),
- artillery systems - 1755 (+22),
- MLRS - 390 (+3),
- air defense systems - 198 (+0),
- aircraft - 277 (+0),
- helicopters - 258 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1442 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 397 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4162 (+9),
- special equipment - 155 (+1).
09:08 Last night, the enemy attacked Kharkiv with three missiles, previously S-300 air defense systems. In the Kiev region, one rocket damaged an outbuilding and a trolleybus, the rest of the rockets hit the ground. Preliminarily, no casualties were reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, over the past day in the city of Kupyansk, one person was killed under shelling, another one was wounded in the Kupyansk region. Five civilians were injured in the Chuguevsky district.
08:53 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four civilians were killed - three in Bakhmut and one in Avdiivka. In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of four civilians who died during the occupation - three in Rubtsy and one in Lozova. Five more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:50 Explosions in the southern part of the city occurred this morning in Melitopol. According to preliminary data, a part of the Refma plant captured by the Russians, where one of the main headquarters of the occupying personnel was located, was destroyed, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
08:46 At night, four Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were shot down over the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. However, there were also hits: the Russians attacked energy and water infrastructure facilities in Krivoy Rog. There are serious destructions, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. The enemy also fired at Pavlograd, the Nikopol and Marganets communities. There were no dead or wounded.
08:41 Ukrenergo announced the restriction of electricity supply for all categories of consumers in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kirovohrad regions. There will be emergency shutdown schedules. For consumers in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava regions, there are hourly shutdown schedules.
08:35 Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said that the United States and Great Britain "recruit international terrorists with the aim of their transfer to participate in hostilities on the side of the Kiev regime." He also announced the participation of "Western curators" in the creation of a "dirty bomb" by Kyiv. According to him, "the Anglo-Saxons set out not only to prepare a bridgehead from Ukraine to put pressure on Russia, but also to create a precedent for further fragmentation of the Russian ethnos in order to completely eradicate it."
08:02 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Nevskoye and Belogorovka of the Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoe, Controversial, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Pervomaiskoye, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Pavlovka and Prechistovka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in a morning report .
07:34 Due to Russian shelling, the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is completely de-energized , Energoatom reports. On Wednesday, November 2, as a result of shelling, the last two high-voltage communication lines of the ZNPP with the Ukrainian energy system were damaged. At 23:04, the station switched to a complete blackout, all 20 diesel generators turned on. At present, the ZNPP auxiliary power supply circuit has been optimized, nine diesel generators have been left in operation. Power units 5 and 6 are transferred to a cold state. Fuel for the operation of diesel generators in the mode of complete de-energization of the ZNPP remains for 15 days.
06:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (IWS) writes that the Russian authorities have encountered difficulties in paying the mobilized, and these problems increase social tension in society. So, the Russians in social networks report numerous rallies at which the mobilized protest and demand the promised money.
A similar protest was recorded in Ulyanovsk, as well as in Chuvashia. The families of those mobilized publicly complained to the governor of the Voronezh region that they had not received the promised compensation of 120,000 rubles. IWS analysts point out that the Kremlin needs to raise money and keep paying back what it has promised to maintain social control and some semblance of morale among mobilized Russians.
04:52 Biden said that additional US troops will be in Europe for "a long time."
01:11 The new Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani believes that it is necessary to seek negotiations and agreements between Putin and Zelensky: "The goal should be an agreement, a meeting between Putin and Zelensky so that they can sit down at the negotiating table." At the same time, he clarified that the world should be based on the principle of justice: "Justice means upholding the territorial integrity of Ukraine."