“Until the pumping of weapons and finances to the regime (President of Ukraine Vladimir. -
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) Zelensky stops, the American and NATO military personnel / mercenaries / instructors are withdrawn, and the realities we have defined on the ground are recognized, it is premature to start any serious negotiations on security guarantees in relation to Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Darchiev stressed that the ball is currently on the "American side of the field."
Earlier, the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on the call of the German authorities to “talk” to resolve the situation in Ukraine, recalled that Kyiv had legally banned dialogue with Moscow.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said that the United States is not ready for negotiations on security guarantees for the Russian side.