Russia is ready for a "very serious conversation" with Ukraine about a possible peace deal, the Russian ambassador to the UK has said. When asked whether Russia was ready to make peace with Ukraine, Andrey Kelin told ITV News that while the country was "prepared" for serious discussions, he did not know whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would sit down for a face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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00:00I will say that we are prepared for a very serious conversation on that side.
00:05We have laid our position and we are sticking to our position.
00:09I don't think that I have to repeat it.
00:12We are also unoffensive, which makes our situation and position stronger.
00:18A lot depends now on what is going to happen in the coming weeks and months.
00:23Mr. Trump is only two weeks, as I understand, in the White House.
00:28He makes a very different statement on all subjects.
00:31One day he is imposing taxes, the next day he is cancelling taxes.
00:36Yesterday he was speaking about the Middle East and said about the resettlement of the
00:40Palestinian people, which is absolutely unacceptable for the countries he would like to resettle
00:45and so on.