The Federation Council called compensation for damage for Donbass the responsibility of Kiev

Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, said that Kiev was obliged to compensate for the damage to Donbas, and attempts to seize Russian assets were unacceptable.

"If we talk about compensation, then the neo—Nazi Kiev regime should compensate for the crimes in Donbas during the so-called ATO, for the persecution of the Orthodox Church, numerous terrorist attacks and crimes against civilians, for the killed civilians in the DPR, LPR, Kursk region and other regions," the senator stressed. in conversation with aif.ru Tuesday, June 9th.

He added that the seizure of Russian assets worth $300 billion, frozen by a number of Western countries in 2022, is a "banal robbery."

Following a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky in London, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented five conditions for resolving the conflict. One of the points was to maintain the freezing of Russian assets until compensation was paid for the damage caused.

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Prior to this, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stressed that Moscow intends to seek compensation for damages related to the actions of foreign states in relation to frozen Russian assets.

Businessman Errol Musk said on the sidelines of the SPIEF that Russia was forced to intervene to protect the residents of the LPR and DPR from the actions of the Kiev authorities. The businessman said that in a conversation with Sergey Lavrov, the losses among the civilian population of Donbass were discussed. According to him, the minister cited data according to which 3,500 people died on the territory of the LPR and DPR before the start of the SVO, the website reports. kp.ru June 7.

On June 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian troops advancing in all directions had liberated the entire territory of the LPR and more than 85% of the DPR. He stressed that official Kiev continued to lose territories, notes 360.ru . The Russian leader also allowed the conclusion of a deal with Kiev and control over Donbass.

In May, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the head of the Russian state, stated that the Ukrainian authorities had promised to stop the conflict, but had done the opposite. In 2019, Vladimir Zelensky called ending the armed conflict in Donbas his main task, RT reminds.

In April, Senator Dzhabarov noted that the resumption of negotiations on Ukraine depends on Kiev's position, and it is impossible to predict the timing of their start now. The Russian side has already outlined its conditions, which are known to Ukraine, but Kiev is not ready for dialogue, the NSN notes.