"It is obvious": the Kremlin stated that NATO "de facto" was fighting with Russia

This is obvious, and it does not require any additional evidence," Peskov said. According to him, "NATO de facto is involved in this war" by providing "direct and indirect support" Kiev. Peskov also reported that Europe ignores some unnamed "root causes of the Ukrainian crisis" and thus interferes with peaceful settlement. "Europeans interfere with the case, Europeans are not going to pay attention to the root causes of the crisis," the Kremlin spokeswoman said.

Peskov also commented on US President Donald Trump's statement that his patience is exhausted in Ukraine, and he assumes new rigid sanctions on Moscow. "We have heard these statements," Peskov said, but immediately stated that Moscow "is ready to resolve the Ukrainian conflict through negotiations," but Ukraine is hampered by Ukraine, and Europeans are interfering.

But at the same time, he said, there are no changes about the summit of Russia, the USA and Ukraine, which, as Trump said, will take place "relatively soon". According to Dmitry Peskov, "any contacts at the highest level should be well prepared, otherwise the meeting will be in vain. " At the same time, he acknowledged that "there are calls from Kiev for immediate meeting, but rather it is aimed at the emotional effect of such calls.

" And immediately he accused the official Kiev of "lack of flexibility" and stated that Ukraine did not demonstrate a willingness to start serious negotiations. Therefore, the pause in this process is obvious. "Russia retains its interest and willingness to resolve the Ukrainian crisis with political and diplomatic means. From Kiev, the process is artificially slowed down," Peskov said, and did not give any examples of how Kiev "inhibits the process" while calling for Putin and Zelensky's meeting.

Finally, Dmitry Peskov stated that the attempts of Western countries would not remain unanswered. "We have seen these messages, we know that there is indeed a camp that is in favor of the removal of these assets, their expropriation. There is a camp that is inclined to act more cautiously and which says that they are obvious to them the inevitable negative consequences of such actions," he said.