“Despite all the propaganda flows filled with hatred for Russia ... streams of sober thinking and approaches to the future of our bilateral relations remain in the country, and they are inevitable because we are neighbors,” he said.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said earlier that more and more Ukrainians are in favor of holding peace talks with Russia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Moscow does not see any desire of Kyiv to start a serious conversation on a settlement.