Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, but now it does not see the opportunity for them because of Kyiv’s position on the abandonment of dialogue with the Russian side, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters, Russian media reports.
“We have repeatedly said that the Russian side remains open and is ready to achieve our goals through negotiations. But we also repeatedly paid attention to the fact that we at the moment we do not see such an opportunity, since in Kyiv it is codified, that is, converted into The law, a lack of any negotiations with the Russian side, ”said Peskov.
In the course of communicating with Peskov’s journalists, they also asked to comment on the publication at The Washington Post that the US Presidential Administration Joe Biden in private asks the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky “to show openness to negotiations with Russia.” Peskova was asked if he knew something about it.
“We do not know whether it is or not. Because … there are truthful messages, but most messages that are absolute speculation and clean lies. Therefore, we are not able to comment on this without being confident in that that this really is true, ”said Peskov.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky refused to discuss something with Russia while Putin heads it. The refusal followed after Russia’s annexation of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions. Zelensky signed a decree on the impossibility of negotiations. The Ukrainian leader, explaining his decision, said that Kyiv suggested “agree on coexistence on equal terms, honest, worthy and fair conditions,” but “when Putin heads Russia, it is” impossible. “
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