Investing.com -- First signs of movement in the diplomatic positions of Russia and Ukraine lent some much-needed support to global markets on Wednesday, even as the military campaign continued with undimmed ferocity.
Russia's Foreign Ministry was reported by newswires on Wednesday as saying that Russia's aims do not include overthrowing the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky. That's a clear change in tone from the last two weeks, in which President Vladimir Putin and others have talked up the 'denazification of Ukraine' as one of the aims of what it still insists on calling a 'special military operation'.
Russia "has no goal to occupy Ukraine, destroy its statehood nor to topple its leadership," Interfax quoted Maria Zakharova as saying.
So far European markets have reacted with 3-5% gains.
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