Zelenskyy does not rely on his misinformation. He knows the deep crap Ukraine is in. Those explosions with no shown commensurate damage were Ukraine’s military being blinded. Zelenskyy knows he’s running out of time and the shock and awe can be released whenever the Russians decide.
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be held tomorrow.
Lavrov outlined the negotiating position of the Russian Federation:
- The task of the operation in Ukraine is to identify specific types of strike weapons that will never be deployed there
- After the end of the conflict, Ukrainians themselves must decide how to live on
- Russia is ready to discuss the issue of security guarantees during the second round of negotiations with Ukraine
- Ukraine has the technical potential to create nuclear weapons, the Russian Federation will not allow it, Russia is 100% safe in the current situation
- The parameters of demilitarization of Ukraine have yet to be agreed
- Moscow will not discuss the topic of Crimea, this topic is closed
- The purpose of the ongoing operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine is to protect people, primarily in the Donbass
- Russias position in negotiations with Ukraine: Crimea is part of the Russian Federation, recognition of the DPR and LPR within administrative borders, demilitarization, which should have certain parameters
- Ukraine must undergo the denazification procedure, using post ww2 Germany as an example
- During the special operation, we are doing everything to prevent any serious civilian casualties
- Russia cannot stand by as the participants of torchlight processions marching under fascist, neo-Nazi banners in modern Europe
- Russia offers Ukraine an agreement that will ensure the legitimate rights of all the peoples of this country
- it appears that now Zelensky is already ready to recognize the Crimea and the LDPR within the borders ala Minsk. But of course, merely agreeing to the previously needed steps will not suit the Russian Federation, the sheepskin is not worth the dressing. Bearing significant costs for the operation and from the sanctions pressure, it is necessary to take the maximum possible result from the situation in Ukraine.”
The latest I could find….