He called on Kyiv to return to the negotiating table.

“We are ready for this.

This has been said more than once,” Putin said during a speech in the Kremlin.

Meanwhile, the Russian president added that Moscow would not discuss the choice of the republics of Donbass, Zaporozhye and the Kherson region during the negotiations.

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the possibility of negotiations with Ukraine.