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Vitold Fokin, deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation of the trilateral contact group on conflict resolution in Donbass, said he does not see any evidence that there is a war between Russia and Ukraine.
On September 29, the deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation to the trilateral contact group on the resolution of the conflict in Donbass (TCG) Vitold Fokin at a meeting of the committee on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and the urban planning said he saw no evidence of the fact that between Russia and Ukraine there is a war.
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko reacted to this statement.
“Vitold Fokin today:” I still do not see any confirmation that there is a war between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas. “Dismissal from the Minsk contact group immediately!” – He wrote on his Facebook page.
In August, 87-year-old Fokin became the first deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG.
In an interview with Strana, published on August 30, Fokin said he was in favor of a general amnesty and special status for the entire Donbass.
This statement was criticized by former and current representatives of the Ukrainian government. The former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Alexander Turchinov, believes that such statements indicate the transition of the president’s confidant to the side of the aggressor country. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called Fokin’s statement provocative and inconsistent with Ukraine’s national interests.
The head of the president’s office, Andriy Yermak, pointed out that this was the personal opinion of Fokin, and not of the entire Ukrainian delegation at the talks in Minsk.
Following the criticism, Fokine said that “if the war supporters are furious,” then his words “have come to the right place.”
On September 29, during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning, Fokin said he was not sure whether Ukraine and Russia were at war.
After that, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called him “a scoundrel and a plush idiot.”
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