Thus, in a conversation with RIA Novosti, Peskov commented on Zelensky’s statement, who said that peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine could begin without the Ukrainian state returning to the 1991 borders.

“The geopolitical reality has changed dramatically since the beginning of the Northeast Military District, the borders of both Ukraine and the Russian Federation have changed,” the Kremlin representative emphasized.

Peskov noted that Russia included four new entities. He added that this is a new reality that everyone must reckon with.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on Zelensky’s statement, emphasized that he was nervous about possible elections in Ukraine.