However, he made it clear that Moscow was dissatisfied with the pace of negotiations so far. “We have said several times that the work dynamics of the Ukrainian team leaves a lot to be desired,” said Peskov. Now “the ball is in the side” of the Ukrainians.
Moscow Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova previously said that Russia no longer had confidence in Ukrainian negotiators. They constantly changed their point of view and didn’t stick to negotiated agreements, she said.
Talks between Moscow and Kiev began on February 28, four days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on Ukraine. In negotiations so far, Russia has demanded, among other things, the neutrality of Ukraine and the cession of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as the recognition of the Crimean Peninsula as Russian. Kiev categorically refuses to give up its own territory.