Russia is ready to start negotiations with Ukraine, taking into account those realities that have developed at the moment. This was stated by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova.
“Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, taking into account the current realities,” she said, indicating that Russia had never refused dialogue before, Russian media reports.
On the eve of the Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko also stated that Russia never refused negotiations with Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities, he recalled, made their choice, having legally assigned the impossibility of negotiations with Russia. He added that the Russian side did not discuss with the United States the possibility of dialogue with Ukraine.