“If Russia continues to stand on the fact that it is not a party to the conflict, but is only an observer, and to look for any reasons to block our negotiations, then we can say that the situation is at an impasse and that it can only be pulled out of it radical steps.

Now we, our delegation, are thinking about what proposals can be made, "said Kravchuk.

Earlier, the plenipotentiary representative of Russia in the contact group on Donbass, Boris Gryzlov, said that Kiev provokes an escalation of the conflict in Donbass.

Also, Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, said that Kiev does not show political will to resolve the situation in Donbass peacefully on the basis of the Minsk Agreements.

Russian officials have repeatedly stressed that Russia is not a party to the conflict in southeastern Ukraine.