Lavrov: There can be no talk of a truce with Kiev, we don't need a pause

It makes no sense for Russia to talk to the Kiev regime about a truce, since it can be used by Kiev to strengthen its positions. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet.

"Russia has been and remains open to political and diplomatic overcoming of the Ukrainian conflict. But it really should be about a lasting peace, not a truce. We do not need a pause that the Kiev regime and its external curators would like to take to regroup troops, continue mobilization and strengthen military potential," Lavrov said.

As EADaily reported, John Mearsheimer, a professor at the University of Chicago, believes that the Ukrainian conflict in the current conditions can only be solved on the battlefield, since the contradictions are too deep.

"Given the situation where you have a set of demands on the table that the Russians have put forward that the Ukrainians will not accept, and I believe that the West will not accept either, there is no way that you can get a diplomatic solution," Mearsheimer said.