The Russian Foreign Ministry assessed the possibility of contacts in the Normandy format

He commented on Kiev's call to hold a meeting of advisers and foreign ministers of the Normandy Four countries.

"If we are offered a significant agenda and some outlines of possible agreements are visible, we are, of course, ready for such contacts," Rudenko quoted TASS as saying.

Earlier, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, Andriy Yermak, said that he had sent a letter to his colleagues in the Normandy format with a proposal to urgently hold a meeting with the participation of political advisers and foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany.