"Now we are all: Ukraine, the United States, the West - we are working on" option A "- diplomatic restraint, so that we do not have to switch to" option B ", for which everyone is also actively preparing," RIA Novosti quoted Markarova as saying.

The diplomat did not specify what exactly is meant by the second course of action.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Solovyov LIVE that the West began to realize the danger of the reckless actions of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.