Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, in an interview with ABC News, expressed confidence that a solution to the war in Ukraine is already near, TASS reports.
When asked by the host how confident Ryabkov is that a resolution to the Ukrainian crisis is already near, the Russian diplomat expressed a high degree of conviction. "Russia's special military operation was inevitable because things were developing in a very wrong direction", he added
Ryabkov also said “Russia will not make any concessions regarding Donbass, Novorossiya and Crimea; this is out of the question”. He also stressed that Moscow will under no circumstances agree to the deployment of Western troops in Ukraine in any form, including within the NATO framework.