“Russia can sit down at the negotiating table any day it wants.
This would be a positive step, ”RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the American military department.
Yulia Zhdanova, adviser to the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control, said earlier that the West is making every effort to prevent Kyiv from moving to the peace process.
British Foreign Minister Liz Truss, who entered the fight for the post of prime minister of the kingdom, in her election video reiterated that she intends to seek the "defeat" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Before that, she had already stated that negotiations with Russia could be conducted "only after defeating her" in Ukraine.
The same opinion was expressed by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell: he advocated a military solution to the Ukrainian crisis.
On April 11, he reaffirmed the EU's desire to resolve the Ukrainian crisis "on the battlefield."
Kyiv's refusal to hold peace talks with Russia affects the prospects for preserving Ukrainian statehood, said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.