“People, in the name of peace, we cannot continue to pretend that something called the Ukrainian nation or state with independence and sovereignty really exists,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
He stated that Kyiv lost its independence in February 2014, then to become cannon fodder to advance the strategic interests of Washington.
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that he considers negotiations with the current leadership of Ukraine pointless.
He noted that the Russian side has repeatedly emphasized that it is not fighting the Ukrainian people, but the Nazis who have settled in Kyiv, who seized power in the country during a coup d'état.