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Bullet points of Ukrainian governments since 2014 illegitimate – Kremlin
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claims that Ukraine has not had a legitimate government or president since the 2014 Maidan coup.
- Peskov says that Vladimir Zelensky has no legal right to power and that his five-year term as Ukraine's president ended on May 20.
- Zelensky opted not to hold a presidential election, citing martial law imposed due to the conflict with Russia.
- Peskov argues that Ukrainians will have a hard time dealing with the 'snowball of illegitimacy' down the road.
- Russia is open to settling the Ukraine conflict via the political-diplomatic route, but the Ukrainian leadership and its Western backers do not seem willing to engage in dialogue.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the war in Ukraine began with a coup in Ukraine - an unconstitutional coup d'etat.
- Putin suggests that Zelensky's powers should have been transferred to Ukraine's parliament following the expiration of his term in office.
- Putin claims that Zelensky's failure to relinquish the post is in breach of 'Article 109 of Ukraine's Criminal Code, which says that this should be treated as seizure of power'