“We need to be careful about pushing Ukraine towards a certain outcome.
Perhaps at some point Ukraine will change its vision, ”European Pravda quotes him.
Pavel noted that the West should be careful in seeking to defeat Russia in order to avoid undesirable scenarios for such a defeat.
In January, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a discussion about the permissibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons that would allow strikes on Russian territory was extremely dangerous.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that the issue of Crimea is closed for Russia, and the referendum on the peninsula was held in strict accordance with international law.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted for reunification with Russia.