Lavrov says one thing, Kremlin – other

Ukraine could clarify through intermediaries how it sees the further development of the situation and possible negotiations with Russia.

This was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following negotiations with the Foreign Minister of South Africa of ice Pandor.

“You can ask any intermediary to clarify how the Ukrainian side sees the further development of events. We said this by Russian President Vladimir Putin, we do not refuse negotiations. But those who refuse, must understand: the longer they refuse to refuse From negotiations, the more difficult it will be to find a solution, ”he said.

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv are now impossible.

“There are no conditions for these negotiations at the moment neither de facto nor de jure,” the Kremlin representative answered the question of the possibility of negotiations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

The impossibility of resuming the negotiation process was also stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. No further, as on January 20, she drew attention to the recent statements of Ukrainian politicians on negotiations with Russia, including the statement of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at the forum in Davos, where he confirmed the impossibility of negotiations with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“All this once again testifies that it is precisely the frenzied” Party of War “that has lost the sense of reality that sets the tone today and determines the policy of the Kyiv regime. In such conditions, there can be no talk of negotiations with Ukraine,” Zakharova emphasized.