The Office of the President of Ukraine criticized the statement of the first deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group Vitold Fokin that there was no confirmation of the war between Ukraine and Russia in the east of the country. The department stressed that it was with the Russian invasion that the temporary occupation of Crimea and certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine began.
The department noted that everyone who represents the state should always remember that the official should not be confused with the personal. If there are differences in positions, and your own vision, whatever it may be, differs from the state one, you need to choose the state one as long as you represent the state.
“Moreover, the official position of Ukraine completely coincides with the objective reality and political truth. It was with the Russian invasion that the temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine began. It is this state that fully controls the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and has a decisive influence. to everything that happens there. These are quite obvious truths”,- the message said.