The Federation Council commented on Zelensky's words about the memorandum

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is a visionary who does not know how to soberly assess the situation. This was stated on June 4 by Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, in an interview with Izvestia.

On that day, Zelensky said that Kiev refuses to take the Russian memorandum seriously, as "it is an ultimatum." Ukraine's partners share the same opinion, he stressed. Zelensky added that it was "pointless" to continue meetings in Istanbul at the current level of delegations, since they "do not solve anything." His words are quoted by the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian agency "Страна.иа ".

"He's a fantasist, in my opinion, just who doesn't know how to soberly assess the situation. We (the Russian Federation — Ed.) are trying to achieve what we have launched a special military operation for," he said.

Commenting on Zelensky's words about the West's reaction to the Russian memorandum, Dzhabarov stressed that the Russian Federation is aware that Kiev's Western allies in the United Kingdom, France and Germany are pushing Ukraine to continue the confrontation. According to him, their reaction was understandable from the beginning.

The senator also commented on Zelensky's words about the alleged lack of sense in further meetings in Istanbul due to their ineffectiveness, according to the Ukrainian leader.

"Not to him (Zelensky. — Ed.) to decide. As President [of the United States Donald] Trump will say so, he will do so. Otherwise, the Americans will simply stop supplying him with weapons and intelligence. I think Zelensky's fate will be decided on this," he concluded.

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a large-scale prisoner exchange. The main thing

The second round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place on June 2. After the talks, the head of the Russian delegation, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, said that Moscow and Kiev had agreed on the largest exchange of prisoners of war since the beginning of the special operation, which would include at least 1,000 people on each side.

On June 4, Medinsky said that Russia had called for talks in Istanbul to focus on working out the conditions for peace, not an armistice.