In Moscow categorical: put an end to “special operation” where you need

If the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky does not want to negotiate – this is his right, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov, emphasized that the Russian Federation would put an end to the war in Ukraine “where Moscow is needed.”

“Our reaction is that these plans of Ukraine to defeat Russia) will be brought down, that they will fail, that we will put an end where we need it, and not where there are some strategists, ideologists and military Planners in Washington or other capitals imagine this situation, ”said the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the air of the Russia-1 television channel, his words are given by Kommersant.

Ryabkov noted that Russia should prove “willpower, by the power of weapons, our readiness to stand tightly at the positions that were declared by our leadership,” and ensure their achievement. Political and diplomatic methods are needed, they cannot be discarded, but the goals are determined quite clearly, Ryabkov added.

“If Zelensky and his team are not ready for negotiations, and all those who stand behind him are configured to continue their thoughtless, or rather crazy pumping Ukraine with weapons – this is their choice. This is sad, tragic, but we cannot retreat “,- said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The latest full -time negotiations of the delegations of Russia and Ukraine took place on March 29 in Istanbul. On June 14, Vladimir Zelensky once again stated that at any time was ready for negotiations with Vladimir Putin with intermediaries with or without them, if Moscow is also ready for dialogue and withdrawing its troops from Ukraine.