He said this at the end of the next meeting of the contact group.

“A number of Western politicians, including French President Emmanuel Macron, are calling on Ukraine to de-escalate.

As recently as yesterday, President Macron publicly stated that Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky was ready to implement the Minsk agreements.

But this has not yet affected the behavior of the Ukrainian side, ”TASS quotes Gryzlov.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier, the Ukrainian leadership has set a course for the dismantling of the Minsk agreements.

The Kremlin also said that there were positive signals at the press conference of the presidents of Ukraine and France, but Moscow did not hear words about Kiev's readiness to engage in the implementation of the Minsk agreements.