KYIV: The Ukraine conflict can solely be resolved by means of "diplomacy", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Saturday amid a impasse in negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.
"The top shall be by means of diplomacy," he informed a Ukrainian tv channel. The conflict "shall be bloody, there shall be preventing however will solely definitively finish by means of diplomacy".
"There are issues that may solely be reached on the negotiating desk," he mentioned." We would like all the things to return (to because it was earlier than)" however "Russia doesn't need that", he mentioned, with out elaborating.
On Tuesday, Kyiv's lead negotiator Mykhaylo Podolyak mentioned talks with Moscow had been "on maintain" after happening frequently within the earlier levels of the battle however with out substantial outcomes.
The next day Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Kyiv authorities of not desirous to proceed talks to finish hostilities.
"Talks are certainly not transferring ahead and we notice the whole lack of will of Ukrainian negotiators to proceed this course of," he mentioned.
The final talks came about on April 22, based on Russian information businesses.
After failing to take Kyiv following the February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops at the moment are concentrating on the east of the nation, the place fierce clashes are ongoing.