22 февраля 2022
The Spanish government still believes that the situation around Ukraine must be resolved diplomatically. This was stated by the country's Defense Minister. Meanwhile, the parliaments of the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR ratified the Treaty on friendship and cooperation with Russia. The Ukrainian delegation in the contact group said that it would hold consultations with the OSCE and the Normandy Quartet countries on the format of the crisis settlement negotiations.
Phone conversation between Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces of Belarus and head of Armed Forces of Ukraine
Also today, at the initiative of the Ukrainian side, a telephone conversation took place between the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Viktor Gulevich and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. In the course of the conversation, the parties discussed the current military and political situation in the region.