“You know, I won’t even guess what President Zelensky hopes for, it doesn’t matter what he thinks and what he hopes for.

He doesn't make the decisions.

Decisions are made in Washington, and by no means at the presidential level.

Decisions are made by well-known officials in the State Department and, probably, in the presidential administration,” the Russian minister said at a press conference.

He also stressed that the more Western countries pump weapons into Ukraine, the longer the hostilities will last and the longer the "agony of the Nazi regime" will last.