Nebenzya: Russia and the West need to talk about settling the Ukrainian crisis

This, according to RIA Novosti, the diplomat said during a meeting of the emergency special session.

“(Conversation. -

) it is no longer necessary to conduct between Russia and Ukraine, but between Russia and the collective West,” Nebenzya emphasized.

He added that the collective West primarily means the United States, which stands behind the Kyiv regime.

The diplomat once again reminded of Russia's readiness to resolve the conflict through diplomacy.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Ukraine, at the direction of the US authorities, blocked negotiations with Russia, which she herself initiated.