“Any discussion will touch upon the complex issues of territorial concessions and the neutral status of Ukraine.

These conditions do not seem attractive, but the more success Russia achieves, the more difficult it will be in the negotiations,” Gabbard said.

She also noted that American weapons and other Western military aid supplies only fuel the escalation of the situation in Ukraine.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doubted that "the Anglo-Saxons would allow" Ukraine to return to the diplomatic process.

According to him, Russia has information from several sources that the Ukrainian negotiating group is being "led" by London and Washington.