"As for Debaltseve: this is the Russian position that it is not a Ukrainian town. We remember that when we agreed, Debaltseve was Ukrainian. Therefore, this issue is on the agenda now. But first, we need to complete the disengagement of our troops in three areas. We have already withdrawn in two areas, but we have not carried out the disengagement near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, and there is no reason to do so because there is still a problem there. Yesterday, there was a case of mortar shelling," he said.
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"It is our strategic goal," he said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the Kremlin said that Russia did not agree with the return of the occupied town of Debaltseve under control of Ukraine, the work on this issue will continue at the level of ministers and aides.
