Russia has never refused to conduct negotiations with Ukraine, and it is still ready to hold them taking into account the emerging realities, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday, TASS reports.
"We are still open to negotiations. We have never refused to have them. We are ready to negotiate, of course, taking into account the realities that are emerging at the moment," she said.
Zakharova criticized Berlin for supplying weapons to Ukraine instead of pushing Kyiv towards negotiations.
"Instead of using its influence on the Kyiv regime, the German side, contrary to its own laws and regulations prohibiting the export of lethal weapons to crisis regions and zones of armed conflicts, continues to beef up the Kyiv regime’s military muscle with various weapons systems, thus encouraging it to continue hostilities at any cost," she added.
