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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba commented on a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Serhiy Lavrov who refused to meet with his counterparts from Germany, France, and Ukraine in the Normandy format. — Ukrinform.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba notes that there is still no confirmation from the Russian Federation of its readiness for a meeting of Normandy Four

Sergey Lavrov specified that during a telephone conversation, Merkel and Macron actively talked the Russian president into the necessity to hold the Normandy Four summit as soon as possible

Nikolai Silayev pointed out that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky needed this summit only to legitimize his own refusal to implement decisions of the previous summit

Ukraine is ready to admit international organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, to Andrey Kosyak, a member of the armed formations of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Olegh Nikolenko has told Ukrinform. — Ukrinform.

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba says the words of the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, about the Normandy Four foreign ministerial are "spit in the faces" of France and Germany. — Ukrinform.

Russia may resort to new provocations against representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported on Facebook. — Ukrinform.

The Russian Foreign Minister added that former US Secretary of State John Kerry during his regular visit to Moscow said: "If we are invited [to the Normandy Format], perhaps, we would think about it"

According to Dmitry Peskov, prospects for a Normandy-format summit will become clear after a meeting of the Russia, Ukrainian, German and French foreign ministers