(07-03-2020 09:16)Ловец сноВ писал(а):  During the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, more than 14,000 Ukrainian citizens were killed, more than 33,000 Ukrainians were injured.
These issues were regularly considered by the United Nations and international resolutions were adopted on them condemning the military operations of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia have been officially broken since 2014.
Meetings of officials are held only in the "Normandy format", with the participation of officials of Germany and France.
There has been no official representative of the Russian Federation in Kiev for 7 years.

Trade relations are minimized due to the imposition of sanctions by the United States, Canada, Ukraine and the European Union against Russia after the annexation of Crimea.

That is not true. For one thing no state of war has been declared and the last prisoner exchange totally explains it - Ukrainians were on both sides. The other fact is that since the beginning of the conflict over a million of Ukrainians immigrated to Russia which would be impossible if these countries we're at war and totally stomps the "hostile territory" myth. According to Pew Global research there are 3.27 mln of Ukrainians residing in Russia at the moment and this number is growing.
Both embassies ( Ukrainian in Russia and Russian in Ukraine) work full-time as always. No diplomatic ties have been broken. Saying that "There has been no official representative of the Russian Federation in Kiev for 7 years" is a blatant lie. Zurabov left his post in 2016, less than 4 years ago. Lukashik is in charge now .
President Zelensky had a long one-on-one meeting with Putin in Paris. Also, there have been a few phone conversations between the two initiated by Ukrainian party.

The best marker is that Russia remains being the biggest investor in Ukrainian economy according to the latest data
Trade has also been growing. And it's not just big stuff like oil and natural gas treaties... Go into any department store and you will find products made in Russia, especially appliances.
Another myth busted.