The Spanish authorities called for maintaining contacts with Putin on the topic of Ukraine

“We are for talking with Putin,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Sanchez, diplomatic channels must be kept open.

At the same time, the prime minister added that the economic sanctions would not end until “until the last Russian soldier leaves Ukraine.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the Russian side was open to resuming dialogue with Ukraine.

The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Russian-Ukrainian negotiations are in a state of stagnation.