“I participated in the negotiations for a very long time and I have no illusions about the fact that Ukraine, as no longer an independent state, after 2014 lost its subjectivity, that even - if they had a desire - that they would be allowed to join into some kind of negotiations,” Pushilin told reporters.
According to him, he is "extremely skeptical" about any negotiations with Ukraine.
“They are not independent, alas,” RIA Novosti quotes Pushilin.
On September 30, the Russian leader called on the Ukrainian authorities to "immediately cease fire, all hostilities" and return to the negotiating table.
After that, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv is ready for negotiations with Moscow, but if there is another president in Russia.