In the Russian Federation suddenly announced that they are striving for an early peace with Ukraine

He is quoted by the Russian news agency TASS.

Russia is interested in reaching political and diplomatic agreements as soon as possible, which would make it possible to stop hostilities. However, negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv have been frozen by the Ukrainian side for the time being, he said.

According to him, negotiations between Ukraine and Russia were frozen, allegedly at the insistence of representatives of the United States and Great Britain.

Earlier, adviser to the head of the President's Office, Mikhail Podolyak, that Russia is now advancing its position on negotiations. because it has gathered all its resources in the east of Ukraine.

They have a certain illusion that this is the moment when it is necessary to force Ukraine ... through the European community and the elite, so that today we sit down at the negotiating table, because they have the illusion that they are at the peak of their readiness,” Podolyak said.