“A lot of things can happen in winter, however, as a rule, tactical operations slow down due to weather conditions,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Milley stressed that a slowdown in hostilities could lead to a "window for a political settlement, or at least the start of negotiations."
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine refuses to negotiate and puts forward unrealistic and inadequate conditions.
On November 14, French President Emmanuel Macron called for all diplomatic efforts to be directed towards negotiations on the situation in Ukraine.