About this, according to RIA Novosti, he said after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
“The best way to bring the prospects of real diplomacy closer is to continue to shape the situation on the battlefield in favor of Ukraine,” Blinken said.
He stressed that this will guarantee that Kyiv will sit down at the negotiating table in the strongest possible position.
Earlier, the speaker of the Russian Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, called the search for a formula for peace, taking into account the interests of Russia, the only way for Ukraine to avoid disaster.