The Russian foreign Ministry said the lack of progress in the settlement in Ukraine // Ryabkov: the prospect of settlement in Ukraine has not become closer

The possibility of a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine is no closer now than a few months ago, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. He blamed the lack of agreement on the West.

“Exactly on them [lies]. “Kommersant” is responsible for the fact that the prospect of a political and diplomatic solution today, in my opinion, is no closer than it was a few months ago. This is an objective reality, Ryabkov said at a briefing.

The Deputy Minister said that the Russian side “as seriously as possible” took the statements of US President Donald Trump about the achievement of an energy truce by Moscow and Kiev. “The statements are often not supported by practical deeds and real actions and the evolution of the approaches of the other side as a whole,” Ryabkov added.

On September 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian army was ordered to carry out massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy sector. On September 14, Donald Trump said that Russia and Ukraine decided to abandon mutual attacks on energy facilities. Moscow and Kiev did not confirm this information, but the Kremlin called the idea of the US president “very good overall.”.

About attempts to settle - in the material "Kommersant" "Not a new Yalta".